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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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Though God have left many defects to humble you, yet he hath given many things to comfort you. This is a 1comfort, that the desire of thy soul is to God, and to the remembrance of his name. This is a comfort, that thy sins are not thy delight as once they were; but thy shame and sorrow. This is a comfort, that thy case is not singular; but more or less the same complaints and sorrows are found in all gracious souls through the world; and to say all in one word▪ This is the comfort above all comforts, that the time is at hand in which all th•se defects, infirmities and failings shall be done away, 1 Cor. 13. 10. When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
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For ever blessed be God for Jesus Christ.
And thus I have finished the third general Use of Examination whereby every man is to try his interest in Christ, and discern whether ever Christ hath been effectually applied to his soul. That which remains is a