A39669:2460
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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5. Motive.
To walk as Christ walked is a walk only worthy of a Christian: this is to walk worthy of the Lord, 1 Thes. 2. 12. Col. 1. 110. by worthiness the Apostle doth not mean meritoriousness, but comeliness, or that decorum which befits a Christian, as ⟨p. 523⟩when a man walks suitably to his place and calling in the world, we say he acts like himself. So when you walk after 2Christs pattern, you then act like your selves, like men of your character and profession. This is consonant to your vocation, Eph. 4. 1. I beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are called. This walking suits with your obligation, 2 Cor. 5. 15. For it is to live unto him who died for us. This walking only suits with your designation, Eph. 2. 10. For you are created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained we should walk in them. In a word, such walking as this, and such only, becomes your expectation,