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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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Secondly, Mortification of sin implies the agency of the spirit of God in that work, without whose assistances and aids all our endeavours must needs be fruitless: of this work we may say as it was said in another case, Zech. 4. 6. not▪ by might, no• by power; but by my spirit saith the Lord. When the Apostle therefore would show by what hand this work of mortification is performed, he thus expresseth it, Rom. 8. 13. if ye through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body; ye shall live: the duty is ours, but the power whereby we perform it, is Gods: the spirit is the only successful Combatant against the lusts that war in our members, Gal. 5. 17. 'tis true, this excludes not, but implies our endeavours; for it is we through the spirit that mortify the deeds of the body; but yet all our endeavours without the Spirits aid and influence avail nothing.
Secondly, Mortification of sin implies the agency of the spirit of God in that work, without whose assistances and aids all our endeavours must needs be fruitless: of this work we may say as it was said in another case, Zech. 4. 6. not▪ by might, no• by power; but by my spirit saith the Lord. When the Apostle therefore would shew by what hand this work of mortification is performed, he thus expresseth it, Rom. 8. 13. if ye through the spirit do mortifie the deeds of the body; ye shall live: the duty is ours, but the power whereby we perform it, is Gods: the spirit is the only successful Combatant against the lusts that war in our members, Gal. 5. 17. 'tis true, this excludes not, but implies our endeavours; for it is we through the spirit that mortifie the deeds of the body; but yet all our endeavours without the Spirits aid and influence avail nothing.