A39669:1158
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.
First, Point at those Diseases which Christ heals in sick souls, and by what means he heals them.
Secondly, the excellency of this Physician above all others: there is none like Christ, he is the only Physician for wounded souls.
First, We will enquire into the Diseases which Christ the Physician cures; and they are reducible to two heads,1
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viz. 1. Sin, and 2. Sorrow.
First, The disease of sin, in which three things are found exceeding burdensome to sick souls, 1. The Guilt | of sin; all cured by this Physician, and how. 2. The Dominion 3. The Inherence