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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.
If thou be a stranger to regeneration and faith; a person that makest a powerless profession of Christ; that hast a name to live but art dead: here it's possible thou mayest meet something that will convince thee, how dangerous a thing it is to be an old creature in the new creatures dress and habit: and what it is that blinds thy judgement, and is likeliest to prove thy ruin: a seasonable and full conviction whereof will be the greatest mercy that can befall thee in this world; if thereby at last God may help thee-to put on Christ as well as the name-of Christ.
If thou be a stranger to regeneration and faith; a person that makest a powerless profession of Christ; that hast a name to live but art dead: here it's possible thou maist meet something that will convince thee, how dangerous a thing it is to be an old creature in the new creatures dress and habit: and what it is that blinds thy judgement, and is likeliest to prove thyruine: a seasonable and full conviction whereof will be the greatest mercy that can befall thee in this world; if thereby at last God may help thee-to put on Christ as well as the name-of Christ.
If thou be in darkness about the state of thy own soul, and willing to have it faithfully and impartially tried by the rule of the word, which will not warp to any mans humour or interest: here thou wilt find some weak assistance offered thee, to clear and disentangle thy doubting thoughts, which through thy prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, may lead thee to a comfortable settlement, and inward peace.
If thow be in darkness about the state of thy own soul, and willing to have it faithfully and impartially tried by the rule of the word, which will not warp to any mans humour or interest: here thou wilt find some weak assistance offered thee, to clear and disintangle thy doubting thoughts, which through thy prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, may lead thee to a comfortable settlement, and inward peace.