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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
Sermon 28 › DOCT. › Section 3 › Subsection 1: 1. Meditation.
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1. Meditation.
Consider the evil that is in sin, and how terrible the appearances 1of God will one day be against those that obey it, in the lust thereof. Rom. 1. 18. The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. 1 Thes. 1. 7, 8, 9. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. Let your thoughts dwell much upon the consideration of the fruits and consequences of sin: It shows its fairest side to you in the hour of temptation. O but consider how it will look upon you in the day of affliction, Numb. 22. 23. In that day your sin will find you out: think what its aspect will be in a dying hour, 1 Cor. 15. 56. The sting of death is sin. Think what the frightful remembrances of it will be at the bar of Judgment, when Satan shall accuse, conscience shall upbraid, God shall condemn, and everlasting burnings shall avenge the evil of it: such thoughts as these are mortifying thoughts.
Consider the evil that is in sin, and how terrible the appearances 1