A39669:1600
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, The privilege it self, which is exceeding rich and 1sweet in its own nature; he hath made us accepted: the word ⟨p. 310⟩is [Greek or Hebrew] he hath ingratiated us, or brought us into the grace, favour and acceptance of God the Father; endeared us to him, so that we find grace in his sight.
First, The priviledge it self, which is exceeding rich and 1sweet in its own nature; he hath made us accepted: the word ⟨p. 310⟩is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 he hath ingratiated us, or brought us into the grace, favour and acceptance of God the Father; endeared us to him, so that we find grace in his sight.
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Secondly, The meritorious cause purchasing and procuring this benefit for us, noted in these words, [Greek or Hebrew], in 1the beloved; which words are a periphrasis of Christ, who is here emphatically called the Beloved, the great favourite of Heaven, the delight of Gods soul, the prime object of his love: 'tis he that obtaineth this benefit for Believers: he is accepted for his own sake, and we for his.
Secondly, The meritorious cause purchasing and procuring this benefit for us, noted in these words, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in 1