A39669:2448
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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Inference 5.
In a word, if no mans claim to Christ be warranted, but theirs that walk as he walked, How vain and groundless then are the hopes 1and expectations of all unsanctified men who walk after their own lusts? None are more forward to claim the privileges of Religion, than those that reject the duties of it: multitudes hope to be saved by Christ, who yet refuse to be governed by him. But such hopes have no scripture warrant to support them. Yea, they have many scripture testimonies against them, 1 Cor. 6. 9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the king dom of God? Be not deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves ⟨p. 521⟩with mankind. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the king dom of God. O how many thousand vain hopes are laid in the dust: and how many thousand souls are sentenced to hell by this one scripture?
In a word, if no mans claim to Christ be warranted, but theirs that walk as he walked, How vain and groundless then are the hopes 1and expectations of all unsanctified men who walk after their own lusts? None are more forward to claim the priviledges of Religion, than those that reject the duties of it: multitudes hope to be saved by Christ, who yet refuse to be governed by him. But such hopes have no scripture warrant to support them. Yea, they have many scripture testimonies against them,