A39669:984
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.
First, The memory of sin long since committed is refreshed and revived as if it had been but yesterday: there are fresh recognitions 1of sin long since acted, and forgotten, as if they had never been: what was done in our youth is fetched back again, and by a new impression of fear and horror set home upon the trembling conscience. Job 13. 26. Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the sins of my youth. Conscience can call back the days that are past, and draw up a new charge upon the score of old sins, Gen. 42. 21. all that ever we did is recorded and entered into the book of Conscience, and now is the time to open that book, when the Lord will convince and awaken sinners: we read in Job 14. 17. of sealing up iniquities in a bag, which is an allusion to the Clerk of the Assizes, that takes all the indictments that are made against persons at the Assizes, and seals them up in a bag, in order to a Trial. This is the first office and work of conscience, upon which
First, The memory of sin long since committed is refresht and revived as if it had been but yesterday: there are fresh recognitions 1of sin long since acted, and forgotten, as if they had never been: what was done in our youth is fetcht back again, and by a new impression of fear and horror set home upon the trembling conscience. Job 13. 26. Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the sins of my youth. Conscience can call back the days that are past, and draw up a new charge upon the score of old sins, Gen. 42. 21. all that ever we did is recorded and entred into the book of Conscience, and now is the time to open that book, when the Lord will convince and awaken sinners: we read in Job 14. 17. of sealing up iniquities in a bag, which is an allusion to the Clerk of the Assizes, that takes all the indictments that are made against persons at the Assizes, and seals them up in a bag, in order to a Tryal. This is the first office and work of conscience, upon which