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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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First, Is Christ the desire of all Nations, How vile a sin is 1it then in any Nation, upon whom the light of the Gospel hath shined, to reject Jesus Christ, and say as those in Job 21. 14. Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. To thrust away his worship, government, and servants from amongst them, and in effect to say as it is, Luke 19. 14. we will not have this man to reign over us: thus did the Jews, Act. 13. 46. they put away Christ from among them, and thereby judged themselves unworthy of eternal life. This is at once a fearful sin, and a dreadful sign: how soon did vengeance overtake them, like the overthrow of Sodom! O let it be for a warning unto all Nations to the end of the world. He would have gathered the Children of Israel under his wings, as a Hen doth her brood, even when the Roman Eagle was hovering over them, but they would not: therefore their Houses were left unto them desolate, their City and Temple made an heap.
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Secondly, If Jesus Christ be the desire of all Nations, how incomparably happy then must that Nation be, that enjoys Christ in the power and purity of his Gospel-ordinances! If Christ under a veil made Canaan a glorious land (as it's called)