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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.
In which the Author and powerful manner of divine operation in working faith are contained: there must be drawing before believing, and that drawing must be the drawing of God: every word hath its weight, we will consider them in the order they lye in the Text.
[Greek or Hebrew]—No man] not one, let his Natural qualifications be what they will, let his external advantages in respect of means and helps be never so great: it is not in the power of any man: all persons in all ages need the same power of God, one as well as another: every man is alike dead, impotent, and averse to faith in his Natural Capacity. No man, or—not one, among all the sons of men.
〈non-Latin alphabet〉—No man] not one, let his Natural qualifications be what they will, let his external advantages in respect of means and helps be never so great: it is not in the power of any man: all persons in all ages need the same power of God, one as well as another: every man is alike dead, impotent, and averse to faith in his Natural Capacity. No man, or—not one, among all the sons of men.
[Greek or Hebrew]—Can] or is able: he speaks of impotency to special and saving actions, such as believing in Christ is: no act that is saving can be done without the concurrence of special grace. Other acts that have a remote tendency to it, are performed by a more general concourse and common assistance, so men may come to the word, and attend what is spoken, remember, and consider what the word tells them; but as to believing or coming to Christ, that no man can do of himself, or by a general and common assistance. No man can
〈non-Latin alphabet〉—Can] or is able: he speaks of impotency to special and saving actions, such as believing in Christ is: no act that is saving can be done without the concurrence of special grace. Other acts that have a remote tendency to it, are performed by a more general concourse and common assistance, so men may come to the word, and attend what is spoken, remember, and consider what the word tells them; but as to believing or coming to Christ, that no man can do of himself, or by a general and common assistance. No man can