A39669:1311
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 5.
Hath God performed the mercy promised to the Fathers, the great mercy, the capital mercy Jesus Christ, then let no 1man distrust God for the performance of lesser mercies, contained in any other promises of the Scripture: the performance of this mercy secures the performance of all other mercies to us. For,
- 1Inference 5.
First, Christ is a greater mercy than any other which yet remains to be performed, Rom. 8. 32.
Secondly, This mercy virtually comprehends all other mercies, 1 Cor. 3. 21, 22, 23.