A39669:2544
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.
That all unbelievers are presently and immediately under the 1just and dreadful sentence of Gods Condemnation. John 12. 48. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. John 3. 36. He that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
- 1Doct.
Three things are to be opened in the Doctrinal part of this point.
1. What unbelief or the not receiving of Jesus Christ is. 2. What condemnation the punishment of this sin is. 3. Why this punishment unavoidably follows that sin.
First, What the sin of unbelief or not receiving Christ is. By unbelief we are not here to understand the relics or remains