A39669:1151
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. First, The secure sinner is here described, both with respect to his own apprehensions of himself, as one that is whole, and also by his low value and esteem for Christ, he sees no need of him; the whole have no need of the Physician.
2. Secondly, The Convinced and Humbled Sinner is here also described, and that both by his state and condition, he is sick; and by his valuation of Jesus Christ, he greatly needs him: they that be sick need the Physician.
3. Thirdly, We have here Christs carriage and different respect to both: the former he rejects, and passeth by; as those ⟨p. 217⟩with whom he hath no concernment: the later he converses with in order to their cure.
The words thus opened are fruitful in observations. I shall neither note nor insist upon any beside this one, which suits the scope of my Discourse, viz.
The words thus opened are fruitful in observations. I shall neither note nor insist upon any beside this one, which fuits the scope of my Discourse, viz.