A39669:2654
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.
Thirdly, The strong confidences and presumptuous hopes men have of salvation, whilst they remain in the state of nature and unregeneracy, plainly shows their minds to be blinded by the policy of Satan. This presumption is one of those [Greek or Hebrew], false reasonings by which Satan deludes the understanding, as the Apostle calls them, Jam. 1. 22. 'Tis the cunning Sophistry of the Devil, furthered by self-love, Prov. ⟨p. 573⟩21. 2. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, and partly by self-ignorance, Rev. 3. 17. Thou saidst I am rich and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art poor. You have no fears, no doubts, no case to propound that concerns your future state, and why so? but because you have no sight, your consciences are quieted because your eyes are blinded.
Thirdly, The strong confidences and presumptuous hopes men have of salvation, whilst they remain in the state of nature and unregeneracy, plainly shews their minds to be blinded by the policy of Satan. This presumption is one of those 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, false reasonings by which Satan deludes the understanding, as the Apostle calls them, Jam. 1. 22. 'Tis the cunning Sophistry of the Devil, farthered by self-love, Prov. ⟨p. 573⟩21. 2. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, and partly by self-ignorance, Rev. 3. 17. Thou saidst I am rich and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art poor. You have no fears, no doubts, no case to propound that concerns your future state, and why so? but because you have no sight, your consciences are quieted because your eyes are blinded.