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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. 9.
Lastly, how much are believers engaged to walk as the members 1of Christ, in the visible exercises of all those graces and duties which the consideration of their near relation to him exacts from them! As
- 1Infer. 9.
First, How contented and well pleased should we be with our outward lot, however providence hath cast it for us in this world. O do not repine, God hath dealt bountifully with you: upon others he hath bestowed the good things of this world, upon you himself in Christ.
Secondly, How humble and lowly in spirit should you be under your great advancement! It's true, God hath magnified you greatly by this Union; but yet don't swell, You bear not the root but the root you, Rom. 11. 18. You shine, but it is as the Stars, with a borrowed light.