A39669:714
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
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Thirdly, That and no other is the justifying and saving act of faith, to which the properties and effects of saving faith do 1belong, or in which they are only found.
- 1Arg. 3.
But in the fiducial receiving of Christ, are the properties and effects of saving faith only found.
This therefore must be the justifying and saving act of faith.
First, By saving faith Christ is said to dwell in our hearts, Eph. 3. 17. but it is neither by assent, nor assurance, but by acceptance, and receiving him that he dwells in our hearts: not by assent, for then he would dwell in the unregenerate; nor by assurance, for he must dwell in our hearts before we can be assured of it; Therefore it is by acceptance.