A39669:1179
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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Thirdly, Christ cures all outward sorrows and troubles in his people by death, which is their removal from the place of sorrows to peace and rest for evermore. Now God wipes all tears from their eyes, and the days of their mourning are at an end: they then put off the Garments and Spirit of mourning, and enter into peace, Isai. 57. 2. they come to ⟨p. 223⟩that place and state, where tears and sighs are things unknown to the Inhabitants: one step beyond the state of this mortality, brings us quite out of the sight and hearing of all troubles and lamentations. These are the diseases of souls, sin and sorrow; and thus they are cured by Christ the Physician.
Secondly, Next, I shall show you that Jesus Christ is the only Physician of souls: none like him for a sick sinner: and this will be evident in divers respects.
Secondly, Next, I shall shew you that Jesus Christ is the only Physician of souls: none like him for a sick sinner: and this will be evident in divers respects.
First, None so wise and judicious as Jesus Christ to understand, 1and comprehend the nature, depth, and danger of soul diseases. O how ignorant and unacquainted are men with the state and case of afflicted souls! but Christ hath the tongue of the Learned, that he should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary, Isai. 50. 4. He only understands the weight of sin, and depth of inward troubles for sin.