A39669:1316
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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Fourthly, It was much more improbable that God would bestow his own Son upon the world, than that he should bestow any other mercy upon it. Wait therefore in a comfortable expectation of the fulfilling of all the rest of the promises in their seasons: hath he given thee Christ, he will give thee bread to eat, raiment to put on, support in troubles, and whatsoever else thy soul or body stands in need of: the blessings contained in all other promises are fully secured by the performance of this great promise: thy pardon, peace, acceptance with God now, and enjoyment of him for ever, shall be fulfilled: the great mercy Christ, makes way for all other mercies to the souls of Believers.
Fourthly, It was much more improbable that God would bestow his own Son upon the world, than that he should bestow any other mercy upon it. Wait therefore in a comfortable expectation of the fulfilling of all the rest of the promises in their seasons: hath he given thee Christ, he will give thee bread to eat, rayment to put on, support in troubles, and whatsoever else thy soul or body stands in need of: the blessings contained in all other promises are fully secured by the performance of this great promise: thy pardon, peace, acceptance with God now, and enjoyment of him for ever, shall be fulfilled: the great mercy Christ, makes way for all other mercies to the souls of Believers.
Inference 6.
Lastly, How mad are they that part with Christ, the best of 1mercies, to secure and preserve any temporal, lesser mercies to themselves! Thus Demas and Judas gave up Christ to gain a little of the world: O soul-undoing bargain! How dear do they pay for the world, that purchase it with the loss of Christ, and their own peace for ever!