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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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Inference 3.
Is Jesus Christ the mercy of mercies, infinitely better than all other mercies; then let all that be in Christ be content and well 1satisfied, whatever other inferior mercies the wisdom of God seems fit to deny them: you have a Benjamins portion, a plentiful inheritance in Christ, will you yet grumble? Others, have Houses splendid and magnificent upon earth; but you have an house made without hands, eternal in the Heavens, 2 Cor. 5. 1. Others are clothed with rich and costly apparel, your souls are clothed with the white pure robes of Christs righteousness, Isai. 61. 10. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garment of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a Bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a Bride adorneth her self with Jewels. Let those that have full Tables, heavy Purses, rich Lands, but no ⟨p. 245⟩Christ; be rather objects of your pity than envy: 'tis better like store-cattle to be kept lean and hungry, than with the fatted Ox to tumble in flowery Meadows, thence to be led away to the shambles. God hath not a better mercy to give than Christ thy portion, in him all necessary mercies are secured to thee, and thy wants and straits sanctified to thy good. O therefore never open thy mouth to complain against thy bountiful God.
Is Jesus Christ the mercy of mercies, infinitely better than all other mercies; then let all that be in Christ be content and well 1