A39669:1667
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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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. There are two ways by which Christ frees Believers out of Satans power and possession, namely,
1. By Price. 2. By Power.
First, By Price, the blood of Christ purchaseth Believers out of the hand of justice by satisfying the law for them, which being done, Satan's authority over them falls of course, as the power of a Jailer over the Prisoner doth, when he hath a legal discharge, Heb. 2. 14. For as much then as the Children are partakers of flesh and blood: he also himself took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the Devil. The cruel Tyrant beats and burdens the poor captive no more after the ransom is once paid, and he actually freed, and therefore Christ delivers his,