A39669:2093
The Method of Grace
The method of grace, in bringing home the eternal redemption contrived by the Father, and accomplished by the Son through the effectual application of the spirit unto God's elect, being the second part of Gospel redemption : wherein the great mystery of our union and communion with Christ is opened and applied, unbelievers invited, false pretenders convicted, every mans claim to Christ examined, and the misery of Christless persons discovered and bewailed / by John Flavell ...The method of grace, in bringing home the eternal redemption contrived by the Father, and accomplished by the Son through the effectual application of the spirit unto God's elect, being the second part of Gospel redemption : wherein the great mysterie of our union and communion with Christ is opened and applied, unbelievers invited, false pretenders convicted, every mans claim to Christ examined, and the misery of Christless persons discovered and bewailed / by John Flavell ...
London: printed by M. White for Francis Tyton, 1681
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thirdly, In the next place let us enquire into the properties, 1and qualities of this new creature, and show you as we are able what they are: yet Reader, expect not here an exact and accurate account of that which is so great a mystery: for if questions may be moved about a silly fly, which may puzzle ⟨p. 434⟩the greatest Philosopher to resolve them: how much more may we conceive this great and marvellous work of God, the most mysterious, and admirable of all his works, to surmount the understandings of the most illuminated Christians? O how little do we know of the nature, properties, and operations of this new Creature! so far as God hath revealed it to our weak understandings, we may speak of it. And
Thirdly, In the next place let us enquire into the properties, 1and qualities of this new creature, and shew you as we are able what they are: yet Reader, expect not here an exact and accurate account of that which is so great a mystery: for if questions may be moved about a silly fly, which may puzzle ⟨p. 434⟩the greatest Philosopher to resolve them: how much more may we conceive this great and marvellous work of God, the most mysterious, and admirable of all his works, to surmount the understandings of the most illuminated Christians? O how little do we know of the nature, properties, and operations of this new Creature! so far as God hath revealed it to our weak understandings, we may speak of it. And
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