A39669:1552
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.
DOCT.
That all Believers, and none but Believers, receive the remission 1of their sins through the riches of grace, by the blood of Jesus Christ.
- 1Doct.
In the explication of this point, three things must be spoken to.
1. That all that are in Christ are in a pardoned state. 2. That their pardon is the purchase of the blood of Christ. 3. That the riches of Grace are manifested in remission.
First, That all that are in Christ are in a pardoned state: where I will first show you what pardon or the remission of sin is.