A39669:2184
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.
1. What the mortification or crucifixion of sin imports. 2. Why this work of the Spirit is expressed by crucifying. 3. Why all that are in Christ must be so crucified, or mortified unto sin. 4. What is the true evangelical principle of mortification. 5. How the mortification of sin evinces our interest in Christ.
And then apply the whole.
First, What the mortification or crucifixion of sin imports.1
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And for clearness sake, I shall speak to it both negatively and positively; showing you what is not intended; and what is principally aimed at by the Spirit of God in this expression.
And for clearness sake, I shall speak to it both negatively and positively; shewing you what is not intended; and what is principally aimed at by the Spirit of God in this expression.