A39669:1099
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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Inference 6.
Learn hence the usefulness of the Law, to bring souls to Jesus 1Christ. It's utterly useless as a Covenant to justify us, but exceeding useful to convince and humble us. It cannot relieve or ease us, but it can and doth awaken and rouse us: it's a fair glass to show us the face of sin; and till we have seen that, we cannot see the face of Jesus Christ.
Learn hence the usefulness of the Law, to bring souls to Jesus 1Christ. It's utterly useless as a Covenant to justifie us, but exceeding useful to convince and humble us. It cannot relieve or ease us, but it can and doth awaken and rouze us: it's a fair glass to shew us the face of sin; and till we have seen that, we cannot see the face of Jesus Christ.
- 1Inference 6.
The Law like the Fiery Serpents smites, stings and torments the conscience: this drives us to the Lord Jesus lifted up in the Gospel, like the Brazen Serpent in the Wilderness to heal us. The use of the Law, is to make us feel our sickness; this makes us look out for a Physician. I was alive once without the Law (saith Paul) but when the Commandment came sin revived, and I dyed,