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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
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First, He is a free and undeserved mercy, called upon that account the gift of God, John 4. 10. And to show how free this gift was, God gave him to us when we were enemies, Rom. 5. 8. needs must that mercy be free, which is given not only to the undeserving, but to the ill deserving: the benevolence of God was the sole impulsive cause of this gift, John 3. 16.
First, He is a free and undeserved mercy, called upon that account the gift of God, John 4. 10. And to shew how free this gift was, God gave him to us when we were enemies, Rom. 5. 8. needs must that mercy be free, which is given not only to the undeserving, but to the ill deserving: the benevolence of God was the sole impulsive cause of this gift, John 3. 16.
Secondly, Christ is a full mercy replenished with all that answers to the wishes or wants of sinners: in him alone is found whatever the justice of an angry God requires for satisfaction, or the necessities of souls require for their supply. Christ is full of mercy, both extensively and intensively; in him are all kinds and sorts of mercies, and in him are the highest and most perfect degrees of mercy; for it pleased the Father, that in him should all fullness dwell, Col. 1. 19.
Secondly, Christ is a full mercy replenished with all that answers to the wishes or wants of sinners: in him alone is found whatever the justice of an angry God requires for satisfaction, or the necessities of souls require for their supply. Christ is full of mercy, both extensively and intensively; in him are all kinds and sorts of mercies, and in him are the highest and most perfect degrees of mercy; for it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulness dwell,