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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.
Seventhly, The new Creature is an heavenly creature: 'tis not born of flesh, nor of blood, or of the will of man, but of God, Joh. 1. 13. its descent and original is heavenly, it is spirit born of spirit, Joh. 3. 6. its centre is heaven, and thither are all its tendencies, Psal. 63. 8. its proper food on which it lives are heavenly things, Psal. 4. 6, 7. it cannot feed as other creatures do upon earthly things: the object of all its delights and loves is in heaven, Psal. 73. 26. Whom have I in heaven but thee? the hopes and expectations of the new creature are all from heaven: it looks for little in this world, but waits for the coming of the Lord: the life of the new creature upon earth is a life of patient waiting for Christ: his ⟨p. 438⟩desires and longings are after Heaven, Phil. 1. 23. The flesh indeed lingers and would delay, but the new creature hastens and would fain be gone: 2 Cor. 5. 2. it is not at home while it is here; it came from Heaven and cannot be quiet nor suffer the soul in which it dwells to be so until it comes thither again.
Seventhly, The new Creature is an heavenly creature: 'tis not born of flesh, nor of blood, or of the will of man, but of God, Joh. 1. 13. its descent and original is heavenly, it is spirit born of spirit, Joh. 3. 6. its center is heaven, and thither are all its tendencies, Psal. 63. 8. its proper food on which it lives are heavenly things,