A39669:1490
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.
The Fifteenth SERMON.1
- 1Sermon 15.
LUKE 2. 25. 1—Waiting for the [Consolation] of Israel.
- 1Text. Opening the sixth Motive to come to Christ, contained in the sixth and last Titile of Christ.
Several Glorious Titles of Christ have been already spoken to, out of each of which, much comfort flows to Believers: 'tis comfortable to a wounded soul to eye him as a Physician: comfortable to a condemned and unworthy soul, to look upon him under the notion of the Mercy. The loveliness, the desirableness, and the glory of Christ are all so many springs of Consolation. But now I am to show you from this Scripture, that the Saints have not only much consolation from Christ, but that Christ himself is the very Consolation of Believers: he is pure comfort wrapped up in flesh and blood.
SEveral Glorious Titles of Christ have been already spoken to, out of each of which, much comfort flows to Believers: 'tis comfortable to a wounded soul to eye him as a Physician: comfortable to a condemned and unworthy soul, to look upon him under the notion of the Mercy. The loveliness, the desirableness, and the glory of Christ are all so many springs of Consolation. But now I am to shew you from this Scripture, that the Saints have not only much consolation from Christ, but that Christ himself is the very Consolation of Believers: he is pure comfort wrapped up in flesh and blood.