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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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9. Rule.
Study the nature and great importance of those things 1which are to be won or lost, according to the success and issue of this conflict: your life is as a race, eternal glory is the prize, grace and corruption are the antagonists, and according as either finally prevails, eternal life is won or lost. 1 Cor. 9. 24. Know ye not that they which run in a race, run all, but one receiveth the prize: So run that ye may obtain. This consideration will make mortification appear the most rational and necessary thing to you in the whole world. Shall I lose heaven for indulging the flesh, and humouring a wanton appetite? God forbid. I keep under my body (saith Paul) and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others I my self should be a cast-away, 1 Cor. 9. 28.
- 1Rule 9.