A39669:1348
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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Secondly, Let the fullness of his Offices be also considered, by reason whereof he is able to save to the uttermost, all that come to God by him, Heb. 7. 25. The three Offices comprising in them all that our souls do need become an universal relief to all our wants; and therefore,
Secondly, Let the fulness of his Offices be also considered, by reason whereof he is able to save to the uttermost, all that come to God by him, Heb. 7. 25. The three Offices comprising in them all that our souls do need become an universal relief to all our wants; and therefore,
Thirdly, Unspeakably comfortable must the Offices of Christ be to the souls of sinners: if light be pleasant to our ⟨p. 254⟩eyes, how pleasant is that light of life springing from the Sun of righteousness! Mal. 4. 2. If a pardon be sweet to a condemned malefactor, how sweet must the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus be to the trembling Conscience of a law-condemned-sinner? If a rescue from a cruel Tyrant be sweet to a poor Captive; how sweet must it be to the ears of enslaved sinners to hear the voice of liberty and deliverance proclaimed by Jesus Christ? Out of the several Offices of Christ, as out of so many fountains, all the promises of the new Covenant flow; as so many soul refreshing streams of peace and joy: all the promises of illumination, counsel and direction flow out of the Prophetical Office: all the promises of reconciliation, peace, pardon, and acceptation flow out of the Priestly Office, with the sweet streams of Joy and Spiritual comfort depending thereupon: all the promises of converting, increasing, defending, directing, and supplying grace, flow out of the Kingly Office of Christ: indeed all promises may be reduced to the three Offices: so that Jesus Christ must needs be altogether lovely in his Offices.