A39669:1563
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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And this gracious act of God discharges the pardoned soul both from guilt and punishment: guilt is nothing else but the force and power that is in sin, to oblige the sinner to undergo the penalty due to sin. Therefore sinners are said to be guilty of Hell-fire, Mat. 5. 22. Guilty of eternal judgement, Mark 3. 29. to be under the judgement of God, Rom. 3. 19. Remission takes away both guilt and punishment together, it takes away all guilt, Acts 13. 38, 39. and all punishment. And so much of the first thing to be opened, namely what the remission of sin is.
Secondly, Now that this remission of sin is the privilege of Believers is most apparent, for all the causes of remission are in conjunction to procure it for them. The love of God which is the impulsive cause of pardon: the blood of Christ which is the meritorious cause of pardon; and saving faith which is the instrumental cause of pardon, do all cooperate for their remission, as is plain in the Text.
Secondly, Now that this remission of sin is the priviledge of Believers is most apparent, for all the causes of remission are in conjunction to procure it for them. The love of God which is the impulsive cause of pardon: the blood of Christ which is the meritorious cause of pardon; and saving faith which is the instrumental cause of pardon, do all cooperate for their remission, as is plain in the Text.