A39669:2389
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.
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.
Secondly, Your diligence in the work of God will be your great security in the hour of temptation, for the Lord is with you, while you are with him, 2 Chron. 15. 2. The Schoolmen put the question: How the saints in heaven become impeccable? and resolve it thus, that they are therefore freed from sin, because they are continually employed and swallowed up in the blessed visions of God.