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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.
Is the Preaching of the Gospel by Christs Ambassadors the way which God takes to reconcile sinners to himself? Then how inexcusable are all those that continue in their state of enmity, though the Ambassadors of peace have been with them all their lives long, wooing and beseeching them to be reconciled to God?
O invincible, obstinate, incurable disease, which is aggravated by the only proper remedy! hath God been wooing and beseeching you by his Ambassadors so many years to be reconciled to him, and will you not yield to any entreaties? must he be made to speak in vain, to charm the deaf Adder? well, when the milder Attribute hath done with you, the severe Attribute will take you in hand.
O invincible, obstinate, incurable disease, which is aggravated by the only proper remedy! hath God been wooing and beseeching you by his Ambassadours so many years to be reconciled to him, and will you not yield to any intreaties? must he be made to speak in vain, to charm the deaf Adder? well, when the milder Attributre hath done with you, the seveer Attribute will take you in hand.
The Lord hath kept an account of every year and day of his patience towards you, Luke 13. 7. These three years I came seeking fruit on this Fig-tree, and find none, and Jer. 25. 3. These three and twenty years have I spoken unto you rising early and speaking, but ye have not hearkened.
The Lord hath kept an account of every year and day of his patience towards you, Luke 13. 7. These three years I came seeking fruit on this Fig-tree, and finde none, and