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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
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.
This treasure of Gospel light is carried [Greek or Hebrew] in earthen vessels, as Gideon and his men had their Lamps 1in earthen pitchers or in Oyster-shells, for so the word also signifies, the Oyster-shell is a base and worthless thing in it self, however, there lies the rich and precious Pearl of so great value: and why is this precious treasure lodged in such weak worthless vessels? surely it is upon no other design but to convince ⟨p. 56⟩us of the truth I am here to prove, That the Excellency of the power is of God, and not of us: as it follows in the next words. To the same purpose speaks the same Apostle, 1 Cor. 3. 7. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
This treasure of Gospel light is carried 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 in earthen vessels, as Gideon and his men had their Lamps 1in earthen pitchers or in Oyster-shells, for so the word also signifies, the Oyster-shell is a base and worthless thing in it self, however, there lyes the rich and precious Pearl of so great value: and why is this precious treasure lodged in such weak worthless vessels? surely it is upon no other design but to convince ⟨p. 56⟩us of the truth I am here to prove, That the Excellency of the power is of God, and not of us: as it follows in the next words. To the same purpose speaks the same Apostle, 1 Cor. 3. 7. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
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