A39669:2464
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.
3d. Use for Consolation.
Lastly, I would leave a few words of support and comfort to such as sincerely study and endeavour according to the tendency 1of their new nature, to follow Christs example, but being weak in grace, and meeting with strong temptations, are frequently carried beside the holy purposes and designs of their honest meaning hearts, to the great grief and discouragement of their souls. They heartily wish and aim at holiness, and say with David, Psal. 119. 5. O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes. They follow after exactness in holiness as Paul did, Phil. 3. 12. If by any means they might attain it. But finding how short they come in all things of the rule and ⟨p. 524⟩pattern, they mourn as he did, Rom. 7. 24. O wretched ma• that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Well, well, if this be thy case, be not discouraged, but hearken to a few words of support and comfort, with which I shall close this point.
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