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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.
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That it is utterly impossible for any man to come to Jesus Christ 1unless he be drawn unto him by the special and mighty power of God.
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No man is compelled to come to Christ against his will, he that cometh, comes willingly, but even that will and desire to come is the effect of grace: Phil. 2. 13. It is God that worketh in you both to will, and to do, of his own good pleasure.
If we desire the help and assistance of grace (saith Fulgentius) 1even the desire is of grace; grace must first be shed forth upon us before we can begin to desire it: by grace are y• saved through faith, and that not of your selves, it is the gift of God,