Study the nature and great importance of those things which are to be won or lost, according to the success and issue of this conflict: your life is as a race, eternal glory is the prize, grace and corruption are the antagonists, and ac∣cording as either finally prevails, eternal life is won or lost. 1 Cor. 9. 24. Know ye not that they which run in a race, run all, but one receiveth the prize: So run that ye may obtain. This con∣sideration will make mortification appear the most rational and necessary thing to you in the whole world. Shall I lose heaven for indulging the flesh, and humouring a wanton ap∣petite? God forbid. I keep under my body (saith Paul) and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others I my self should be a cast-away, 1 Cor. 9. 28.
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 ...
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- 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 ...
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- Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.
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- London :: Printed by M. White, for Francis Tyton ...,
- 1681.
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- Presbyterian Church -- Sermons.
- Salvation.
- Conversion.
- Sermons, English -- 17th century.
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"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 ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39669.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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9. Rule.
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Rule 9.