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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.
And this is that which the Schools call gratia efficax, effectual grace, and others victrix delectatio an overcoming conquering 1delight: thus the work is carried on with a most efficacious sweetness. So that the liberty of the will is not infringed, whilst the obstinacy of the will is effectually subdued and over-ruled: for want of this there are so many almost Christians in the world, hence are all those vanishing imperfect works which come to nothing, called in Scripture a morning cloud, an early dew: had this mighty power gone forth with the word, they had never vanished, or perished like Embryos as they do: So then, God draws not only in a moral way by proposing a suitable object to the will, but also in a physical way, or by immediate powerful influence upon the will: not infringing the Liberty of it; but yet infallibly and effectually persuading it to come to Christ.
And this is that which the Schools call gratia efficax, effectual grace, and others victrix delectatio an overcoming conquering 1delight: thus the work is carried on with a most efficacious sweetness. So that the liberty of the will is not infringed, whilst the obstinacy of the will is effectually subdued and over-ruled: for want of this there are so many almost Christians in the world, hence are all those vanishing imperfect works which come to nothing, call'd in Scripture a morning cloud, an early dew: had this mighty power gone forth with the word, they had never vanished, or perished like Embryos as they do: So then, God draws not only in a moral way by proposing a suitable object to the will, but also in a physical way, or by immediate powerful influence upon the will: not infringing the Liberty of it; but yet infallibly and effectually perswading it to come to Christ.
- 1Coelestis qu edam & ineffabilis suavitas. Jansenius Aug. Lib. 4. cap. 1.
Secondly, Next let us consider the marvellous way and