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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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Infer. 8.
If there be such a Union betwixt Christ and believers, how doth it concern every man to try and examine his Estate, 1whether he be really united with Christ or not; by the natural and proper effects which always flow from this Union? As
If there be such a Union betwixt Christ and believers, how doth it concern every man to try and examin his Estate, 1whether he be really united with Christ or not; by the natural and proper effects which alwayes flow from this Union? As
- 1Infer. 8.
First, The real Communication of Christs holiness to the soul: we cannot be United with this root, and not partake of the vital sap of sanctification from him: all that are planted into him, are planted into the likeness of his death and of his resurrection, Rom. 6. 5, 6. viz. by mortification, and vivification.