A39669:1249
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.
First, they derive their nature from Christ: for out of him those things which men call mercies, are rather traps and snares, than mercies to them, Prov. 1. 32. The time will come when the rich that are Christless will wish, O that we had been poor! and Nobles that are not ennobled by the new birth, O that we had been among the lower rank of men! All these things that pass for valuable mercies, like Ciphers signify much when such a speaking Figure as Christ stands before them, else they signify nothing to any mans comfort or benefit.
First, they derive their nature from Christ: for out of him those things which men call mercies, are rather traps and snares, than mercies to them, Prov. 1. 32. The time will come when the rich that are Christless will wish, O that we had been poor! and Nobles that are not ennobled by the new birth, O that we had been among the lower rank of men! All these things that pass for valuable mercies, like Ciphers signifie much when such a speaking Figure as Christ stands before them, else they signifie nothing to any mans comfort or benefit.
Secondly, They derive their value as well as nature from Christ: for how little, I pray you, doth it signify to any man to be rich, honourable, politic, and successful in all his designs in the world; if after all, he must lye down in Hell?
Secondly, They derive their value as well as nature from Christ: for how little, I pray you, doth it signifie to any man to be rich, honourable, politick, and successfull in all his designs in the world; if after all, he must lye down in Hell?