A39669:1666
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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Thirdly, Christ frees all Believers from the dominion as well as the guilt of sin. Sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under the Law, but under Grace, Rom. 6. 14. The law of the spirit of life which is in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death, Rom. 8. 2. Now who can estimate such a liberty as this? What slavery, what an intolerable drudgery is the service of divers lusts from all which Believers are freed by Christ: not from the residence but from the reign of sin. 'Tis with sin in Believers as it was with those beasts mentioned Dan. 7. 12. They had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
Fourthly, Jesus Christ sets all Believers free from the power of Satan; in whose right they were by nature, Col. 1. 13. they are translated from the power of darkness into the Kingdom of Christ. Satan had the possession of them, as a man of his own goods; but Christ dispossesseth that strong man armed, alters the property, and recovers them out of his hand, Luke 11. 21, 22. There are two ways by which Christ frees Believers out of Satan's power and possession, namely,
Fourthly, Jesus Christ sets all Believers free from the power of Satan; in whose right they were by nature, Col. 1. 13. they are translated from the power of darkness into the Kingdom of Christ. Satan had the possession of them, as a man of his own goods; but Christ dispossesseth that strong man armed, alters the property, and recovers them out of his hand, Luke 11. 21, 22