A39669:1261
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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Eighthly, Jesus Christ is a suitable mercy, fitted in all respects to our needs and wants, 1 Cor. 1. 20. wherein the admirable wisdom of God is illustriously displayed: ye are complete in him (saith the Apostle) Col. 2. 20. Are we enemies? He is reconciliation: are we sold to sin and Satan? He is redemption: are we condemned by Law? He is the Lord our righteousness: hath sin polluted us? He is a fountain ⟨p. 238⟩opened for sin and for uncleanness: are we lost by departing from God? He is the way to the Father. Rest is not so suitable to the weary, nor bread to the hungry, as Christ is to the sensible sinner.
Eighthly, Jesus Christ is a suitable mercy, fitted in all respects to our needs and wants, 1 Cor. 1. 20. wherein the admirable wisdom of God is illustriously displaied: ye are complete in him (saith the Apostle) Col. 2. 20. Are we enemies? He is reconciliation: are we sold to sin and Satan? He is redemption: are we condemned by Law? He is the Lord our righteousness: hath sin polluted us? He is a fountain ⟨p. 238⟩opened for sin and for uncleaness: are we lost by departing from God? He is the way to the Father. Rest is not so suitable to the weary, nor bread to the hungry, as Christ is to the sensible sinner.
Ninthly, Christ is an astonishing and wonderful mercy: his name is called Wonderful, Isai. 9. 6. and as his name is, so is he; a wonderful Christ: his person is a wonder,