A39669:1389
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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That the desires of Gods Elect in all Kingdoms, and among 1all people of the earth, are and shall be drawn out after, and fixed upon the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1Doct.
The merciful God beholding the universal ruins of the world by sin, hath provided an universal remedy for his own Elect, in every part of the earth. Christ is not impropriated to any one Kingdom or Nation in the world; but intended to be Gods salvation to the ends of the earth, and accordingly speaks the Apostle, Col. 2. 11. There is neither Greek nor Jew, Barbarian, Scythian, Bond nor Free; but Christ is all, and in all. In the explication of this point, two things must be enquired into.
The merciful God beholding the universal ruines of the world by sin, hath provided an universal remedy for his own Elect, in every part of the earth. Christ is not impropriated to any one Kingdom or Nation in the world; but intended to be Gods salvation to the ends of the earth, and accordingly speaks the Apostle, Col. 2. 11. There is neither Greek nor Jew, Barbarian, Scythian, Bond nor Free; but Christ is all, and in all. In the explication of this point, two things must be enquired into.
1. Why Christ is called the desire of all Nations. 2. Upon what account the people of God in all Nations desire him.