A39669:1392
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, Why he is called the desire of all Nations: and 1what that Phrase may import: and there are diverse things that are supposed or included in it.
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First, That God the Father hath appointed him as a common remedy, for the sins and miseries of his people in all parts and quarters of the world. So in the Covenant of Redemption betwixt the Father and the Son, the Lord expresseth himself, Isai. 49. 6. and he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant, to raise up the Tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation to the end of the earth. Suitable whereunto is that Prophecy, Isai. 52. 15. He shall sprinkle many Nations. If God had not appointed him for, he could not be desired by all Nations.
First, That God the Father hath appointed him as a common remedy, for the sins and miseries of his people in all parts and quarters of the world. So in the Covenant of Redemption betwixt the Father and the Son, the Lord expresseth himself, Isai. 49. 6. and he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant, to raise up the Tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou maist be my salvation to the end of the earth. Suitable whereunto is that Prophecie, Isai. 52. 15. He shall sprinkle many Nations. If God had not appointed him for, he could not be desired by all Nations.