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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.
O what wilt thou do when thou shalt find thy self shut up under eternal wrath: when thou shalt feel that misery thou art now warned of! is this the place where I must be, are these the torments I must endure, what for ever! Yea, for ever: will not God be satisfied with the sufferings of a thousand years? No, nor of Millions of years! Ah sinners, did you but clearly see the present and future misery of unreconciled ones, and what that wrath of the great and terrible God is which is coming as fast as the wings of time can bring it upon you; it would certainly drive you to Christ, or drive you out of your wits. ⟨p. 66⟩O 'tis a dreadful thing to have God for your eternal enemy: to have the great and terrible God setting on work his infinite power to avenge the abuse of his grace and mercy.
Believe it friends, it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God: knowing the terrors of the Lord we persuade men: an eternal weight hangs upon an inch of time. O that you did know the time of your visitation! That you would not dare to adventure, and run the hazard of one day more in an unreconciled state.
Believe it friends, it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God: knowing the terrors of the Lord we perswade men: an eternal weight hangs upon an inch of time. O that you did know the time of your visitation! That you would not dare to adventure, and run the hazard of one day more in an unreconciled state.
Thirdly, and Lastly, This point speaks to those who 1have believed our report, who have taken hold of Gods strength, and made peace with him: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy: who once were afar off, but now are made nigh by the blood of Christ: with you I would leave a few words of exhortation, and I have done.