A39669:1365
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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Fifthly, In a word, he obtaineth for us all the mercies for which he pleads; no cause miscarries in his hand which he undertakes, Rom. 8. 33, 34. O what a lovely Advocate is Christ for Believers!
Fourthly, Christ is altogether lovely in the relation of a Friend, for in this relation he is pleased to own his people, Luk. 12. 4, 5. There are certain things in which one friend manifests his affection and friendship to another, but none like Christ. For,
First, No Friend is so open-hearted to his friend as Christ is to his people: he reveals the very counsels and secrets of his heart to them, Joh. 15. 15. Henceforth I call you not servants, for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doth; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you.