A39669:1419
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.
Do you indeed upon serious trial find such desires after 1Christ, as were described above, Oh bless the Lord for that day wherein Christ the desire of Nations became the desire of your souls, and for your comfort know that you are happy and blessed souls at present.
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First, Blessed in this, that your eyes have been opened to see both the want and the worth of Christ. Had not Christ applied his precious eye-salve to the eyes of your mind, you could never have desired him, you would have said with them in Isai. 53. 2, 3. He hath no form nor comeliness, and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him: or as they to the Spouse, Cant. 5. 9. What is thy Beloved more than another Beloved? Oh blessed souls, enlightened of the Lord; to see those things that are hid from them that perish!
First, Blessed in this, that your eyes have been opened to see both the want and the worth of Christ. Had not Christ applied his precious eye-salve to the eyes of your mind, you could never have desired him, you would have said with them in Isai. 53. 2, 3. He hath no form nor comliness, and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him: or as they to the Spouse, Cant. 5. 9. What is thy Beloved more than another Beloved? Oh blessed souls, inlightned of the Lord; to see those things that are hid from them that perish!