A39669:958
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.
Infer. 8.
In a word, those only have ground to claim interest in 1Christ who do really participate of his graces, and in whom are found the effects and fruits of their Union and communion with him.
- 1Infer. 8.
If you have interest in Christ, you have communion in his graces and benefits, and if you have such communion it will appear in your maintaining daily actual communion with God in duties, whereby will be produced,
First, The increase of your Sanctification, by fresh participations from the Fountain: as Cloth which is often dipped into the Fat receives the deeper dye, and livelier tincture; so will your souls by assiduous communion with God. It will also be discerned,
First, The increase of your Sanctification, by fresh participations from the Fountain: as Cloth which is often dipt into the Fat receives the deeper dye, and livelier tincture; so will your souls by assiduous communion with God. It will also be discerned,