A39669:2275
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.
5. Rule.
Be careful to cut off all the occasions of sin, and keep at the greatest distance from temptations, if ever you will mortify 1the deeds of the body. The success and prevalency of sin mainly depends upon the wiles and stratagems it makes use of, to ensnare the incautious soul, therefore the Apostle bids us keep off at the greatest distance, 1 Thes. 5. 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil, Prov. 8. 8. Come not nigh unto the door of her house. He that dares venture to the very brink of sin, discovers but little light in his understanding, and less tenderness in his conscience, he neither knows sin, nor fears it as he ought to do: and 'tis usual with God to chastise self-confidence by shameful lapses into sin.
Be careful to cut off all the occasions of sin, and keep at the greatest distance from temptations, if ever you will mortifie 1the deeds of the body. The success and prevalency of sin mainly depends upon the wiles and stratagems it makes use of, to ensnare the incautelous soul, therefore the Apostle bids us keep off at the greatest distance, 1 Thes. 5. 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil, Prov. 8. 8. Come not nigh unto the door of her house. He that dares venture to the very brink of sin, discovers but little light in his understanding, and less tenderness in his conscience, he neither knows sin, nor fears it as he ought to do: and 'tis usual with God to chastise self-confidence by shameful lapses into sin.