A39669:978
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.
Doct. 1.
Some souls are heavy laden with the burdensome sense of sin.
Some souls are heavy laden with the burthensome sense of sin.
I Do not say all are so, for fools make a mock of sin, Prov. 114. 9. 'tis so far from being burdensome to some, that it is a sport to them, Prov. 10. 23. but when a mans eyes are opened to see the evil that is in sin, and the eternal misery that follows it, (sin and hell being linked together with such strong chains as nothing but the blood of Christ can loose) then no burden is like that of sin: a wounded conscience who can bear? Prov. 18. 14. For let us but consider the efficacy that the Law of God hath upon the consciences of men, when it comes in the spirituality and power of it to convince and humble the soul of a sinner. For then
I Do not say all are so, for fools make a mock of sin, Prov. 1