A39669:2458
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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4. Motive.
So far as you imitate Christ in your lives, and no farther, you will be beneficial to the world in which you live. So far 1as God helps you to follow Christ, you will be helpful to bring others to Christ, or build them up in Christ: for all men are forbidden by the Gospel to follow you one step farther than you follow Christ, 1 Cor. 11. 1. and when you have finished your course in this world, the remembrance of your ways will be no further sweet to others, than they are ways of holiness and obedience to Christ, 1 Cor. 4. 17. If you walk according to the course of this world, the world will not be the better for your walking.
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5. Motive.
To walk as Christ walked is a walk only worthy of a Christian: this is to walk worthy of the Lord,