A39669:879
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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Direction 5.
Fifthly, See that you receive all Christ with all your heart: to receive all Christ is to receive his person clothed with all 1his offices; and to receive him with all your heart, is to receive him into your understanding, will, and all the affections, Acts 8. 37. As there is nothing in Christ that may be refused, so there is nothing in you from which he must be excluded.
Fifthly, See that you receive all Christ with all your heart: to receive all Christ is to receive his person cloathed with all 1his offices; and to receive him with all your heart, is to receive him into your understanding, will, and all the affections, Acts 8. 37. As there is nothing in Christ that may be refused, so there is nothing in you from which he must be excluded.
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