A39669:1164
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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This Disease our great Physician Christ cures by Remission, which is the dissolving of the obligation to punishment; the loosing of the soul that was bound over to the Wrath and Condemnation of God, Coll. 2. 13, 14. Heb. 6. 12. Micah 7. 17, 18, 19. this remission being made, the soul is immediately cleared from all its obligations to punishment, Rom. 8. 1. There is no condemnation: all Bonds are cancelled; the guilt of all sins is healed or removed; original, and actual; great, and small. This cure is performed upon souls by the blood of Christ: nothing is found in Heaven or earth besides his blood, that is able to heal this disease; Heb. 9. 22. Without shedding of blood there is no remission; nor is it any blood that will do it, but that only which dropped from the wounds of Christ, Isa. 53. 5. By his stripes we are healed: his blood only is innocent and precious blood, 1 Pet. 1. 19. blood of infinite worth and value; the blood of God, Act. 20. 28. blood ⟨p. 219⟩prepared for this very purpose, Heb. 10. 5. this is the blood that performs the cure; and how great a cure is it! for this cure the souls of Believers shall be praising and magnifying their great Physician in Heaven to all eternity, Rev. 1. 5, 6. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, &c. to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
This Disease our great Physician Christ cures by Remission, which is the dissolving of the obligation to punishment; the loosing of the soul that was bound over to the Wrath and Condemnation of God, Coll. 2. 13, 14.