A39669:2277
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.
6. Rule.
If you will successfully mortify the corruptions of your nature, never engage against them in your own single strength, 1Eph. 6. 10. When the Apostle draws forth Christians into the field against sin, he bids them be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. O remember what a mere feather thou art in the gusts of Temptation. Call to mind the height of Peters confidence, though all men forsake thee, yet will not I, and the depth of his fall, shame and sorrow. A weak Christian trembling in himself, depending by faith upon God, and graciously assisted by him, shall be able to stand against the shock of temptation, when the bold and confident resolutions of others (like Pendleton in our English story) shall melt away as wax before the flames.
If you will successfully mortific the corruptions of your nature, never engage against them in your own single strength, 1Eph. 6. 10. When the Apostle draws forth Christians into the field against sin, he bids them be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. O remember what a meer feather thou art in the gusts of Temptation. Call to mind the height of Peters confidence, though all men forsake thee, yet will not I, and the depth of his fall, shame and sorrow. A weak Christian trembling in himself, depending by faith upon God, and graciously assisted by him, shall be able to stand against the shock of temptation, when the bold and confident resolutions of others (like Pendleton in our English story) shall melt away as wax before the flames.