A39669:2697
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.
They whose eyes are not opened graciously in this world to see their disease and remedy in Christ, shall have their eyes opened judicially in the world to come, to see their disease without any remedy. If God open them now, it is by way of prevention; if they be not opened until then, it will produce desperation.
Fourthly, The horrible nature of this Judgement farther appears, from the exceeding difficulty of curing it, especially in men of excellent natural endowments and accomplishments, Joh. 9. 40, 41. And some of the Pharisees which were with him, heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say we see, therefore your sin remaineth, q. d. The pride and conceitedness of your hearts adds obstinacy and incurableness to your blindness, these are the blind people that have eyes, Isa. 43. 8. in seeing they see not. The conviction of such men is next to an impossibility.
Fourthly, The horrible nature of this Judgement farther appears, from the exceeding difficulty of curing it, especially in men of excellent natural indowments and accomplishments, Joh. 9. 40, 41. And some of the Pharisees which were with him, heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say we see, therefore your sin remaineth, q. d. The pride and conceitedness of your hearts adds obstinacy and incurableness to your blindness, these are the blind people that have eyes, Isa. 43. 8. in seeing they see not. The conviction of such men is next to an impossibility.