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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
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5th. Use for Consolation.
Let every new creature be cheerful and thankful: if God have renewed your natures, and thus altered the frame and 1temper of your hearts, he hath bestowed the richest mercy upon you that Heaven or Earth affords: this is a work of greatest rarity, a new creature may be called, one among a thousand; 'tis also an everlasting work never to be destroyed, as all other natural works of God (how excellent soever) must be, 'tis a work carried on by almighty power through unspeakable difficulties and mighty oppositions, Eph. 1. 12. the exceeding greatness of Gods power goes forth to produce it; and indeed no less is required to enlighten ⟨p. 455⟩the blind mind, break the rocky heart, and bow the stubborn will of man; and the same almighty power which at first created it, is necessary to be continued every moment to preserve and continue it, 1 Pet. 1. 5. the new creature is a mercy which draws a train of innumerable and invaluable mercies after it, Eph. 2. 13, 14. 1 Cor. 3. 22. when God hath given us a new nature, then he dignifies us with a new name, Rev. 2. 17. brings us into a new Covenant, Jer. 31. 33. begets us again to a new hope,