A39669:290
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
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Secondly, They wound their head of government. Christ is a guiding as well as a quickening head, Col. 1. 18. the is your wisdom, he guides you by his counsels to glory; but must he be thus requited for all his faithful conduct! what do you when you sin against him, but rebel against his government, refusing to follow his counsels, and obeying in the mean time a deceiver rather than him.
Secondly, They wound their head of government. Christ is a guiding as well as a quickening head, Col. 1. 18. the is your wisdome, he guides you by his counsels to glory; but must he be thus requited for all his faithful conduct! what do you when you sin against him, but rebel against his government, refusing to sollow his counsels, and obeying in the mean time a deceiver rather than him.
Thirdly, They wound their consulting head who cares, provides, and projects for the welfare and safety of the body. Christians, you know your affairs below have not been steered and managed by your own wisdom, but that orders have been given from heaven for your security and supply from day to day. I know O Lord (saith the Prophet) that the way of man is not in himself, neither is it in him that walks to direct his own steps. Jer. 10. 23.
Thirdly, They wound their consulting head who cares, provides, and projects for the welfare and safety of the body. Christians, you know your affairs below have not been steered and managed by your own wisdome, but that orders have been given from heaven for your security and supply from day to day. I know O Lord (saith the Prophet) that the way of man is not in himself, neither is it in him that walks to direct his own steps. Jer. 10. 23.