A39669:519
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.
Inference 2.
What enemies are they to God and the souls of men, that do all they can to discourage and hinder the Conversion of men to Christ? 1God draws forward, and these do all that in them lies to draw backward, (i. e.) to prejudice and discourage them from coming to Jesus Christ in the way of faith: this is a direct opposition to God, and a plain Confederacy with the Devil.
What enemies are they to God and the souls of men, that do all they can to discourage and hinder the Conversion of men to Christ? 1God draws forward, and these do all that in them lyes to draw backward, (i. e.) to prejudice and discourage them from coming to Jesus Christ in the way of faith: this is a direct opposition to God, and a plain Confederacy with the Devil.
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O how many have been thus discouraged in their way to Christ, by their carnal relations, I cannot say friends! their greatest enemies have been the men of their own house: these have pleaded (as if the Devil had hired and feed them) against the everlasting welfare of their own flesh. O cruel parents, brethren, and sisters; that jeer, frown, and threaten; where they should encourage, assist and rejoice! such parents are the Devils children. Satan chooses such instruments as you are above all others for this work: he knows that influence and authority you have upon them, and over them: and what fear, love, and dependence they have for you, and upon you: so that none in all the world are like to manage the design of their damnation so effectually as you are like to do it.