A39669:2374
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, deny your moral and religious self for Christ, your own righteousness, Phil. 3. 10. deny sinful self absolutely, Col. 3. 4, 5. Deny natural self conditionally (i. e.) be ready to forsake its interests at the call of God. Deny your religious self, even your own graces comparatively, not in the notion of duties, but in the notion of righteousness: and to encourage you in this difficult work consider,
First, what great things Christ denied for you, and w•at small matters you have to deny for him.
Secondly, how readily he denied all for your sakes, making no objections against the difficultest commands.
Thirdly, How uncapable you are to put any obligation upon Christ to deny himself in the least for you, and what strong obligations Christ hath put you under to deny your selves in your greatest interests upon earth for him.