A39669:513
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.
Infer. 1.
How deeply and throughly is the nature of man corrupted, and 1what an enemy is every man to his own happiness, that he must be drawn to it? Joh. 5. 40. you will not come unto me that ye might have life.
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Life is desirable in every mans eyes, and eternal is the most excellent life; yet in this the world is agreed rather to dye and perish for ever than come to Christ for life. Had Christ told us of Fields and Vineyards, Sheep and Oxen, Gold and Silver, honours and sensual pleasures, who would not have come to him for these? but to tell them of mortification, self-denial, strictness of life, and sufferings for his sake, and all this for an happiness to be enjoyed in the world to come, nature will never like such a proposition as this.
Life is desirable in every mans eyes, and eternal is the most excellent life; yet in this the world is agreed rather to dye and perish for ever than come to Christ for life. Had Christ told us of Fields and Vineyards, Sheep and Oxen, Gold and Silver, honours and sensual pleasures, who would not have come to him for these? but to tell them of mortification, self-denyal, strictness of life, and sufferings for his sake, and all this for an happiness to be enjoyed in the world to come, nature will never like such a proposition as this.