A39669:1252
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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Fourthly, All mercies have their duration and perpetuity from Christ: all Christless persons hold their mercies upon ⟨p. 236⟩the greatest contingencies and terms of uncertainty: if they be continued during this life, that's all: there is not a drop of mercy after death; but the mercies of the Saints are continued to eternity: the end of their mercies on earth, is the beginning of their better mercies in Heaven. There is a twofold end of mercies, one perfective, another destructive: the death of the Saints perfects and completes their mercies; the death of the wicked destroys and cuts off their mercies: for these reasons Christ is called the mercy.
Fourthly, All mercies have their duration and perpetuity from Christ: all Christless persons hold their mercies upon ⟨p. 236⟩the greatest contingencies and terms of uncertainty: if they be continued during this life, that's all: there is not a drop of mercy after death; but the mercies of the Saints are continued to eternity: the end of their mercies on earth, is the beginning of their better mercies in Heaven. There is a twofold end of mercies, one perfective, another destructive: the death of the Saints perfects and compleats their mercies; the death of the wicked destroys and cuts off their mercies: for these reasons Christ is called the mercy.
Secondly, In the next place let us enquire what manner of mercy Christ is; and we shall find many lovely, and transcendent, 1properties to commend him to our souls.
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