A39669:121
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.
These four, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption take up amongst them all that is necessary or desirable to make a soul truly and perfectly blessed.
These four, wisdome, righteousness, sanctification and redemption take up amongst them all that is necessary or desirable to make a soul truly and perfectly blessed.
Secondly, we have here the method and way by which the Elect come to be invested with these excellent privileges: 1the account whereof the Apostle gives us in these words [Who of God is made unto us] in which expression four things are remarkable.
Secondly, we have here the method and way by which the Elect come to be invested with these excellent priviledges: 1the account whereof the Apostle gives us in these words [Who of God is made unto us] in which expression four things are remarkable.
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First, That Christ and his benefits go inseparably and undividedly together: 'tis Christ himself is made all this unto us: we can have no saving benefit separate and apart from the person of Christ: many would willingly receive his privileges, who will not receive his person; but it cannot be; if we will have one, we must take the other too: yea, we must accept his person first and then his benefits: as it is in the marriage Covenant, so 'tis here.