WORKS

OF THE

REV. MR. JOHN FLAVEL,

Late Minister of the Gospel at Dartmouth, Devon.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE

OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS CONTAINED IN THE WHOLE.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

Pewcalle :

PRINTED BY AND FOR M. ANGUS.

1797-

THE

METHOD OF GRACE

IN THE

GOSPEL-REDEMPTION.

THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY.

To the Worshipful John Upton, of Lupton, Esq. and the most

accomplished and virtuous Lady, bis dear Confort, the Author wishes Grace, Mercy, and Peace.

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HONOURED AND WORTHY FRIENDS, *T was a comfortable expression, which Ambrose used in his fu

neral oration, at the death of Theodofius ; “ That though “ he were gone, yet he was not wholly gone; for he had left “ Honorius, with others of his children, behind him, in whom “ Theodofius still lived." Your renowned and worthy ancestors are gone, yet (blessed be God) they are not wholly gone; whilst the prudence, piety, and publickness of their spirits, still live and flourish in you, the top branch of a renowned and religious family. It is a great truth, which Philo Judæus recommends to the observation of all posterity, “ + That it is not a natural descent “ from the most honourable and illustrious progenitors, nor the

Tbeodofius tantus imperator recepit a nobis, fed non totus recessit ; reliquit enim nobis liberos fuos, in quibus debemus eum agnofcere. Ambrof. in obit. Theod.

1 Τοις δε υμνοσι την ευγενειαν ως μεγισoν αγαθών και μεγαλων αγαθων αιτιον, & μετριως επιτιμητέον, ει πρωτον μεν οιoνται τες εκ παλαιοπλατων και παλαιενδοξων ευγενεις, μητε των προγονων αφων αυχεσι γεύεσθαι.-Βαληθεις γαρ ο Θεος δια' ημεροτητα και φιλανθροπιαν και πας ημιν του ιδρυσασθαι, νεων αξιοπρεπεξερον επι γης 8χ ευρε λογισμα κρειττω ο γας ν8ς αγαλμαιοφορει το αγαθον, καν απισωσι τινες των μη γευσαμενων σοφιας η χειλεσων ακροις. Ρhilo fudeur περι Ευγενειας, a book fit for the hands of all gentlemen, translated by Laurentius Humphredus in his excellent tract de Nobilitate.