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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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Thirdly, The crucifixion of sin necessarily implies the subversion of its dominion in the soul: a mortified sin cannot be a reigning sin, Rom. 6. 12, 13, 14. Two things constitute the dominion of sin, viz. the fullness of its power, and the souls ⟨p. 462⟩subjection t• it. As to the fullness of its power, that rises from the suitableness it hath, and pleasure it gives to the corrupt heart of man: it seems to be as necessary as the right hand, as useful and pleasant as the right eye, Mat. 5. 29. but the mortified heart is dead to all pleasures and profits of sin: it hath no delight or pleasure in it: it becomes its burden and daily complaint. Mortification presupposes the illumination of the mind and conviction of the conscience; by reason whereof sin cannot deceive and blind the mind, or bewitch and ensnare the will and affections as it was wont to do, and consequently its dominion over the soul is destroyed and lost.
Thirdly, The crucifixion of sin necessarily implies the subversion of its dominion in the soul: a mortified sin cannot be a reigning sin, Rom. 6. 12, 13, 14. Two things constitute the dominion of sin, viz. the fulness of its power, and the souls ⟨p. 462⟩subjection t• it. As to the fulness of its power, that rises from the suitableness it hath, and pleasure it gives to the corrupt heart of man: it seems to be as necessary as the right hand, as useful and pleasant as the right eye, Mat. 5. 29. but the mortified heart is dead to all pleasures and profits of sin: it hath no delight or pleasure in it: it becomes its burthen and daily complaint. Mortification presupposes the illumination of the mind and conviction of the conscience; by reason whereof sin cannot deceive and blind the mind, or bewitch and ensnare the will and affections as it was wont to do, and consequently its dominion over the soul is destroyed and lost.