A39669:2725
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.
Secondly, The Mahometans which overspread so great a part of the world reject him, and instead of the blessed Gospel which they hiss out with abhorrence, embrace the blasphemous and ridiculous Alcoran, which they confidently affirm to have come down from God immediately in that laylatto Hanzili (as they call it) the night of demission, calling all Christians Cafirouna (i. e.) infidels.
Secondly, The Mahumetans which overspread so great a part of the world reject him, and instead os the blessed Gospel which they hiss out with abhorrence, embrace the blasphemous and ridiculous Alcoran, which they confidently affirm to have come down srom God immediately in that laylatto Hanzili (as they call it) the night of demission, calling all Christians Cafirouna (i. e.) infidels.
Thirdly, The Jews reject him with abhorrence, and spit at his very name, and being blindfolded by the Devil, they call Jesus Anathema, 1 Cor. 12. 3. And in a blind zeal for Moses, blaspheme him as an Impostor. He came to his own, and his own received him not, John 1. 11.
Fourthly, The far greater part of the Christianized world reject him: those that are called after his name, will not 1submit to his Government. The Nobles of the world think themselves dishonoured by submitting their necks to his yoke. The Sensualists of the world will not deny their lusts, or forsake their pleasures, for all the treasures of righteousness, life, and peace which his blood hath purchased. The worldlings of the earth prefer the dirt and dung of the world before him: and few there be among them that profess Christianity, who love the Lord Jesus in sincerity. The only reason why they are called Christians, is because by the advantageous cast of providence, they were born and educated in a nation where Christianity is professed, and established by the laws of the Country: and if the wind should turn, and the public Authority think fit to establish another Religion; they can shift their sails, and steer a contrary Course.