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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.
The Eleventh SERMON.1
- 1Sermon 11.
LUKE 1. 72. 1To perform the mercy promised to our Fathers, and to remember his holy Covenant.
- 1Text. Containing the second motive to enforce the general exhortation, from a second Title of Christ.
This Scripture is part of Zechariah's Prophecy at the rising of that bright Star, John, the Harbinger and forerunner of Christ: they are some of the first words he spake after God had loosed his tongue, which for a time was struck dumb for his unbelief. His tongue is now unbound, and at liberty to proclaim to all the world the riches of mercy through Jesus Christ, in a song of praise. Wherein note,
THis Scripture is part of Zechariahs Prophecy at the rising of that bright Star, John, the Harbinger and forerunner of Christ: they are some of the first words he spake after God had loosed his tongue, which for a time was struck dumb for his unbelief. His tongue is now unbound, and at liberty to proclaim to all the world the riches of mercy through Jesus Christ, in a song of praise. Wherein note,