A39669:2596
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.
Mat. 11. 21, 22. Woe unto thee Chorazin, woe unto thee Bethsaida; for is the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes: but I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgement than for you. Two things require explication, in the doctrinal part of this point.
Mat. 11. 21, 22. Wo unto thee Chorazin, woe unto thee Bethsaida; for is the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes: but I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgement than for you. Two things require explication, in the doctrinal part of this point.
viz. 1. How light puts a deeper guilt and aggravation into sin. 2. Why sin so aggravated makes men liable to greater condemnation.
First, We will enquire into the grounds and reasons why greater and clearer light greatens and aggravates proportionably 1the sins that are committed under it: and it will appear that it doth so upon divers accounts.
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