A39669:2539
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.
1. The sin threatened, viz. unbelief. 2. The punishment inflicted, viz. Condemnation. 3. The immediate relation of the one to the other; he is condemned already.
1. The sin threatned, viz. unbelief. 2. The punishment inflicted, viz. Condemnation. 3. The immediate relation of the one to the other; he is condemned already.
First, Let us take into consideration the sin which is here threatened, viz. unbelief. The neglecting or refusing of an 1exalted and offered Jesus. Unbelief is twofold, viz. Negative, or Positive. Negative unbelief is the sin of the heathens, who never had the Gospel among them, nor the offers of Christ made to them: these cannot believe on him of whom they have not heard. Positive unbelief is the sin of men and women under the Gospel, to whom Christ is actually opened and offered by the preaching of the Gospel, but they make light of it, neglect the great salvation; receive not Christ into their hearts, nor consent to the severe, and self denying terms upon which he is offered. This is the sin threatened.
First, Let us take into consideration the sin which is here threatned, viz. unbelief. The neglecting or refusing of an 1exalted and offered Jesus. Unbelief is twofold, viz. Negative, or Positive. Negative unbelief is the sin of the heathens, who never had the Gospel among them, nor the offers of Christ made to them: these cannot believe on him of whom they have not heard. Positive unbelief is the sin of men and women under the Gospel, to whom Christ is actually opened and offered by the preaching of the Gospel, but they make light of it, neglect the great salvation; receive not Christ into their hearts, nor consent to the severe, and self denying terms upon which he is offered. This is the sin threatned.
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