A39669:2188
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.
First, The crucifying of the flesh doth not imply the total abolition of sin in Believers, or the destruction of its very 1being and existence in them for the present: sanctified souls so put off their corruptions with their bodies at death: this will be the effect of our future glorification, not of our present ⟨p. 460⟩sanctification: it doth exist in the most mortified Believer in the world, Rom. 7. 17. it still acteth and lusteth in the regenerate soul, Gal. 5. 17. yea notwithstanding its crucifixion in Believers, it still may in respect of single acts surprise and captivate them, Psal. 65. 3. Rom. 7. 23. This therefore is not the intention of the spirit of God in this expression.
First, The crucifying of the flesh doth not imply the total abolition of sin in Believers, or the destruction of its very 1being and existence in them for the present: sanctified souls so put off their corruptions with their bodies at death: this will be the effect of our future glorification, not of our present ⟨p. 460⟩sanctification: it doth exist in the most mortified Believer in the world, Rom. 7. 17. it still acteth and lusteth in the regenerate soul, Gal. 5. 17. yea notwithstanding its crucifixion in Believers, it still may in respect of single acts surprize and captivate them, Psal. 65. 3. Rom. 7. 23