A39669:1521
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, Is sin a burden, and matter of trouble to Believers? Christ, and none but Christ removes that burden, Rom. 7. 24, 25. O wretched man that I am, (saith sin burdened Paul) ⟨p. 291⟩who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. The satisfaction of his blood, Eph. 5. 2. The sanctification of his Spirit, John 1. 5, 6. His perfect deliverance of his people from the very being of sin at last, Eph. 5. 26, 27. This relieves at present, and removes at last the matter and ground of all their troubles and sorrows for sin.
First, Is sin a burthen, and matter of trouble to Believers? Christ, and none but Christ removes that burthen, Rom. 7. 24, 25. O wretched man that I am, (saith sin burthened Paul) ⟨p. 291⟩who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. The satisfaction of his blood, Eph. 5. 2. The sanctification of his Spirit, John 1. 5, 6. His perfect deliverance of his people from the very being of sin at last, Eph. 5. 26, 27. This relieves at present, and removes at last the matter and ground of all their troubles and sorrows for sin.