A39669:858
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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Motive 3.
Consider the sin and danger that there is in refusing or 1neglecting the present offers of Christ in the Gospel, and surely there is much sin in it: the very malignity of sin, and the sum of all misery lies here: for in refusing Christ,
Consider the sin and danger that there is in refusing or 1neglecting the present offers of Christ in the Gospel, and surely there is much sin in it: the very malignity of sin, and the summ of all misery lyes here: for in refusing Christ,
- 1Motive 3.
First, you put the greatest contempt and slight upon all the Attributes of God that it is possible for a creature to do: God hath made his justice, his mercy, his wisdom, and all his attributes to shine in their brightest glory in Christ: never was there such a display of the glory of God made to the world in any other way.
First, you put the greatest contempt and slight upon all the Attributes of God that it is possible for a creature to do: God hath made his justice, his mercy, his wisdome, and all his attributes to shine in their brightest glory in Christ: never was there such a display of the glory of God made to the world in any other way.