A39669:2388
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.
Now Christians, eye your Pattern, look unto Jesus, trifle not away your lives in vanity. Christ was diligent, be not you slothful. And to encourage you in your imitation of Christ in labour, and diligence, consider,
First, How great an honour God puts upon you in employing you for his service: Every vessel of service is a vessel of honour, 2 Tim. 2. 21. The Apostle was very ambitious of that honour, Rom. 15. 20. It was the glory of Eliakim to 1be fastened as a nail in a sure place, and to have many people hang upon him, Isa. 22. 33.
First, How great an honour God puts upon you in employing you for his service: Every vessel of service is a vessel of honour, 2 Tim. 2. 21. The Apostle was very ambitious of that honour, Rom. 15. 20. It was the glory of Eliakim to 1be fastned as a nail in a sure place, and to have many people hang upon him, Isa. 22. 33.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew], ambio, dictum verbum ab amore honoris. Zanch.〈non-Latin alphabet〉, ambio, dictum verbum ab amore honoris. Zanch.