A39669:1187
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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Seventhly, None so happy and successful as Christ: he never fails of performing a perfect cure upon those he undertakes: never was it known that any soul miscarried in his hands, John 3. 15, 16. other Physicians by mistakes, by ignorance, or carelessness, fill Church-yards, and cast away the lives of men: but Christ suffers none to perish that commit themselves to him.
Seventhly, None so happy and successful as Christ: he never fails of performing a perfect cure upon those he undertakes: never was it known that any soul miscarried in his hands, John 3. 15, 16. other Physicians by mistakes, by ignorance, or carelesness, fill Church-yards, and cast away the lives of men: but Christ suffers none to perish that commit themselves to him.
Eighthly, none so free and generous as Christ, he doth all gratis: he sells not his medicines, though they be of infinite value, but freely gives them, Isai. 55. 1. He that hath no money let him come; if any be sent away, 'tis the rich, Luk. 1. 53. not the poor and needy: those that will not accept their remedy as a free gift, but will needs purchase it at a price.
Ninthly, and Lastly, None rejoices in the recovery of souls more than Christ doth. O it is unspeakably delightful to him to see the efficacy of his blood upon our souls, Isai. 53. 11. He shall see the travail of his soul (i. e. the success of his death and sufferings) and shall be satisfied: when he foresaw the success of the Gospel upon the world, it's said