A39669:1255
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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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, Col. 1. 19.
Thirdly, Christ is the seasonable mercy, given by the Father to us in due time, Rom. 5. 6. in the fullness of time, Gal. 4. 4. a seasonable mercy in his exhibition to the world in general, and a seasonable mercy in his application to the soul in particular: the wisdom of God pitched upon the best time for his incarnation, and it hits the very nick of time, for his application. When a poor soul is distressed, lost, at its wits end, ready to perish; then comes Christ: all Gods works are done in season, but none more seasonable than this great work of Salvation by Christ.
Thirdly, Christ is the seasonable mercy, given by the Father to us in due time, Rom. 5. 6. in the fulness of time,