WORKS

OF THE REVEREND

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MR. JOHN FLAVEL,

Late MINISTER of the GospeL at Dartmouth in Devon.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

An Alphabetical TABLE of the principal Matters contained in the Whole.

THE EIGHT EDITION.

VOL. III.

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MDCCLXX.

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CONTENTS.

The METHOD

OF

GRACE.

SERMON XXVIII.

Gal. v. 24. " And they that are Christ's, have crucified the

"flesh, with the affections and lufts."

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Of the Imitation of Christ, in Holiness of Life, and the ne-

cessity of it in all Believers.

I John ii. 6. "He that faith he abideth in him, ought himself

" also so to walk, even as he walked,"

I John ii. 6. "He that faith he abideth in him, ought himself

"also so to walk, even as he walked,"

SERMON XXXI.

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Of the State of fpiritual Death, and the Misery thereof.

Eph. v. 14. "Wherefore he faith, Awake thou that sleepest,

" and arife from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light," 45

SERMON

XXXH.

The Condemnation of Unbelievers, opened and applied.

I John üi. 18. "--But he that believeth not, is condemned

already, because he hath not believed in the name of the

"only begotten Son of God."

Of the Aggravation of the Sin, and Punishment of Unbe-

lief under the Light of the Gospel.

John iii. 19. "And this is the condemnation, that light is come

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" into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light,

" because their deeds were evil,"

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The blinding Policies of Satan opened, as the Cause of

Unbelief, and Forerunner of Destruction.

2 Cor. iv. 3, 4. "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them

"that are loft; in whom the God of this world hath blinded

"the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the

" glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should

" shine unto them,"

2 Cor. iv. 3, 4. "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them

" that are loft," &c.

A TREATISE of the SOUL of MAN.

The Epistle Dedicatory,

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Gen. ii. 7. "And the Lord God formed man out of the dust

" of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of

" life; and man became a living foul,"

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Rev. vi. 9, 10, II. " And when he had opened the fifth seal,

" I saw under the altar the fouls of them that were flain for

"the word of God, and for the teftimony which they held.

" And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O

" Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our

" blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white

" robes were given unto every one of them, and it was faid

" unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season,

" until their fellow-servants also, and their brethren, that

"should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled,"

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Eph. v. 29. " For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but

" nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the

" church,"

2 Pet. i. 13, 14. " Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this

" tabernacle, to stir you up, by putting you in remembrance.

"Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle,

" even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me,"

Heb. xii. 23. "--And to the Spirits of just men made per-

" fect,"

1 Pet. iii. 19. "By which also he went and preached unto the

" spirits in prifon,"

Matth. xvi. 26. "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain

"the whole world, and lose his own foul ? or what shall a

" man give in exchange for his foul ?"

DISCOURSE

VIII.

Eph. v. 16. "-Redeeming the time (or opportunity) because

" the days are evil,"

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