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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
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.
First, Condemnation is the sentence of God: the great and terrible God, the omniscient, omnipotent, supreme, and impartial Judge, at whose b•r the guilty sinner stands. 'Tis the Law of God that condemns him now. He hath one that judgeth him, a great and terrible one too. 'Tis a dreadful thing to be condemned at mans bar. But the Courts of humane Judicature, how awful and solemn soever they are, are but trifles, and children's play to this Court of heaven and conscience; wherein the unbeliever is arraigned and condemned.
First, Condemnation is the sentence of God: the great and terrible God, the omniscient, omnipotent, supream, and impartial Judge, at whose b•r the guilty sinner stands. 'Tis the Law of God that condemns him now. He hath one that judgeth him, a great and terrible one too. 'Tis a dreadful thing to be condemned at mans bar. But the Courts of humane Judicature, how awful and solemn soever they are, are but trifles, and childrens play to this Court of heaven and conscience; wherein the unbeliever is arraigned and condemned.
Secondly, 'Tis the sentence of God adjudging the unbeliever to eternal death: than which nothing is more terrible. What is a prison to hell? what is a Scaffold, and an Axe, to go ye cursed into everlasting fire? What is a Gallows and a Halter to everlasting burnings?
Secondly, 'Tis the sentence of God adjudging the unbeliever to eternal death: than which nothing is more terrible. What is a prison to hell? what is a Scaffold, and an Ax, to go ye cursed into everlasting fire? What is a Gallows and a Halter to everlasting burnings?
Thirdly, Condemnation is the final sentence of God, the Supreme Judge, from whose Bar and Judgment there lies no appeal for the unbeliever, but Execution certainly follows Condemnation,