A39669:1363
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, He pleads the cause of Believers by his blood: it satisfies him not as other Advocates, to be at the expense of words and oratory, which is a cheaper way of pleading; but he pleads for us by the voice of his own blood, Heb. 12. 24. where we are said to be come to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel: every wound he received for us on earth, is a mouth opened to plead with God on our behalf in Heaven, quot vulnera, tot ora: and hence it is that in Rev. 5. 6. he is represented standing before God, as a Lamb that had been slain: as it were exhibiting and opening in Heaven those deadly wounds received on earth, from the justice of God upon our account: other Advocates spend their breath, Christ his blood.
Thirdly, He pleads the cause of Believers by his blood: it satisfies him not as other Advocates, to be at the expence of words and oratory, which is a cheaper way of pleading; but he pleads for us by the voice of his own blood, Heb. 12. 24. where we are said to be come to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel: every wound he received for us on earth, is a mouth opened to plead with God on our behalf in Heaven, quot vulnera, tot ora: and hence it is that in Rev. 5. 6. he is represented standing before God, as a Lamb that had been slain: as it were exhibiting and opening in Heaven those deadly wounds received on earth, from the justice of God upon our account: other Advocates spend their breath, Christ his blood.
Fourthly, He pleads the cause of Believers freely: other Advocates plead for reward, and exhaust the Purses while they plead the causes of their Clients.