A39669:2518
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.
Inference 1.
If all Christless and unregenerate souls be dead souls, then how 1little pleasure can Christians take in the society of the unregenerate?
- 1Inference 1.
Certainly 'tis no pleasure for the living to converse among the dead. It was a cruel torment invented by Mezentius the Tyrant, to tie a dead and living man together: The pleasure 1of society arises from the harmony of spirits, and the hopes of mutual enjoyment in the world to come: neither of which can sweeten the society of the godly with the wicked in this world. 'Tis true, there is a necessary civil converse which we must have with the ungodly here, or else (as the Apostle speaks) we must go out of the world. There are also duties of relation which must be faithfully and tenderly paid even to the unregenerate: But certainly where we have our free election, we shall be much wanting both to our duty and comfort if we make not the people of God our chosen companions. Excellently to this purpose speaks a Modern Author, Art thou a godly master? when thou takest a servant into thine house, choose for God, as well as thy self. A godly 2servant is a greater blessing than we think on: he can work and set God on work also for his masters good,