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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
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As these are, so we must judge and reckon our faith to be. And accordingly they furnish us with three general Marks or trials of faith.
As these are, so we must judge and reckon our faith to be. And accordingly they furnish us with three general Marks or tryals of faith.
First, If you would discern the sincerity of your faith examine 1whether those Antecedents and preparative works of the Spirit were ever found in your souls, which use to introduce and usher it into the souls of Gods Elect: such are illumination, ⟨p. 147⟩conviction, self-despair, and earnest cries to God.
First, If you would discern the sincerity of your faith examine 1whether those Antecedents and preparative works of the Spirit were ever found in your souls, which use to introduce and usher it into the souls of Gods Elect: such are illumination, ⟨p. 147⟩conviction, self-despair, and earnest crys to God.
- 11. Mark.
First, Illumination is a necessary antecedent to faith: you cannot believe till God hath opened your eyes to see your sin, your misery by sin, and your remedy in Jesus Christ alone: you find this act of the Spirit to be the first in order both of nature and time, and introductive to all the rest,