A39669:494
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.
Fifthly, To conclude, Those whom the Father draws to Christ he draws to him finally and for ever. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance, Rom. 11. 29. They are so as to God the giver, he never repents that he hath called his people into the fellowship of his Son Christ Jesus: and they are so on the believers part, he is never sorry, whatever he afterwards meets with, that he is come to Christ.
There is a time when Christians are drawn to Christ, but there shall never be a time in which they shall be drawn away from Christ, Joh. 10. 29. there's no plucking them out of the Fathers hand. It was common to a Proverb in the Primitive times; when they would express an impossibility, you may as soon draw a Christian from Christ, as do it: when Christ asked that question of the disciples, Will ye also go away? Lord (saith Peter in the name of them all) to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life; Joh. 6. 68. They that are thus drawn do with full purpose of heart cleave unto the Lord. And thus of the manner and quality of effectual drawing.
Thirdly, In the last place, I am to evince the impossibility of coming to Christ without the Fathers drawings: and this 1will evidently appear upon the consideration of these two particulars.
- 1[…].〈…〉.