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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.
Thirdly, to those that have embraced the terms of peace, and submitted to the Gospel overtures.
First, To the Ambassadors of reconciliation. God hath put a 1great deal of honour upon you in this high and noble employment: great is the dignity of your office, to some you are the savour of death unto death, and to others the savour of life unto life; and who is sufficient for these things? 2 Cor. 2. 16. But yet the Duty is no less than the dignity. O what manner of men should we be for judgement, seriousness, affections, patience, and exemplary holiness to whom the management of so great a Concern betwixt God and man is committed!
First, To the Ambassadors of reconciliation. God hath put a 1great deal of honour upon you in this high and noble imployment: great is the dignity of your office, to some you are the savour of death unto death, and to others the savour of life unto life; and who is sufficient for these things? 2 Cor. 2. 16. But yet the Duty is no less than the dignity. O what manner of men should we be for judgement, seriousness, affections, patience, and exemplary holiness to whom the management of so great a Concern betwixt God and man is committed!
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First, for Judgment and prudence, how necessary is it in so weighty and difficult a business as this! He had need be a man of wisdom that is to inform the ignorant of the nature and necessity of this great work, and win over their hearts to