A39669:1076
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
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First, Because in so doing, he follows the Commission which he received from his Father; for so you will find it runs in Isa. 61. 1. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek, he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the Captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. You see here how Christs Commission binds him up: his Father sent him to poor broken hearted sinners, and he will keep close to his Commission. He came not to call the righteous, ⟨p. 199⟩but sinners (i. e. sensible burdened sinners) to repentance, Matth. 9. 13. I am not sent (saith he) but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Thus his Instructions and Commission from the Father, limit him only to sensible and burdened souls, and he will be faithful to his Commission.
First, Because in so doing, he follows the Commission which he received from his Father; for so you will find it runs in Isa. 61. 1. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tydings to the meek, he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the Captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. You see here how Christs Commission binds him up: his Father sent him to poor broken hearted sinners, and he will keep close to his Commission. He came not to call the righteous, ⟨p. 199⟩but sinners (i. e. sensible burthened sinners) to repentance, Matth. 9. 13. I am not sent (saith he) but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Thus his Instructions and Commission from the Father, limit him only to sensible and burthened souls, and he will be faithful to his Commission.