A39669:2152
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
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Secondly, hath he brought home the word with mighty power and efficacy upon your hearts, to convince and humble them? this is the method in which the new creature is produced. Rom. 7. 9. 1 Thes. 1. 5.
Thirdly, have these convictions overturned your vain confidences, and brought you to a great pinch, and inward distress of soul, making you to cry what shall we do to be saved? These are the ways of the spirit in the formation of the new creature. Acts 16. 29. Acts 2. 37. If no such antecedent works of the spirit have passed upon your hearts, you have no ground for your confidence, that the new creature is formed in you.
Thirdly, have these convictions overturned your vain confidences, and brought you to a great pinch, and inward distress of soul, making you to cry what shall we doe to be saved? These are the ways of the spirit in the formation of the new creature. Acts 16. 29. Acts 2. 37. If no such antecedent works of the spirit have passed upon your hearts, you have no ground for your confidence, that the new creature is formed in you.
Secondly, Consider the concomitant frames and workings of spirit which ordinarily attend the production of the new creature, and judge impartially betwixt God and your own souls, whether they have been the very frames and workings of your hearts.