A39669:1278
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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Thirdly, His Doctrine and Miracles were foretold, Isai. 61. 1, 2. and Isai. 35. 4, 5. the accomplishment whereof in Christ is evident in the History of all the Evangelists.
Fourthly, His death for us was foretold by the Prophets, Dan. 9. 26. The Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself: Isai. 53. 5. He was wounded for our transgression: and so he was, Joh. 11. 50. The very kind and manner of his death was prefigured in the brazen Serpent, his Type, and answered in his death upon the Cross, Joh. 3. 14.
Fifthly, His burial in the Tomb of a rich man was foretold, Isai. 53. 9. and accomplished most exactly, Mat. 27. 59, 60.