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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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Secondly, Consider the mischievous effects it produces: it estrangeth the soul from God, Psal. 138. 6. it provokes God to lay you low, Job 40. 11, 12. it goes before destruction, and a dreadful fall, Prov. 10. 18.
Thirdly, As it is a great sin, so it is a bad sign, Hab. 2. 4. Behold his heart which is lifted up, is not upright in him.
Fourthly, how unsuitable it is to the sense you have, and the complaints you make of your own corruptions, and spiritual wants, and above all, how contrary it is to your pattern, and example; did Christ speak, act, or think as you do? O learn humility from Jesus Christ; it will make you precious in the eyes of God,