A39669:1718
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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Secondly, It implies mans revolt and apostasy from God, 1Ephes. 2. 12. But now in Christ Jesus, ye who were sometime afar 2off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Those whom Christ bringeth unto God were before afar off from him, both in state and condition; and in temper and disposition: we were lost creatures, and had no desire to return to God: the Prodigal was said to go into a far Country, Luke 15. 30.
Secondly, It implies mans revolt and apostasie from God, 1Ephes. 2. 12. But now in Christ Jesus, ye who were sometime afar 2off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Those whom Christ bringeth unto God were before afar off from him, both in state and condition; and in temper and disposition: we were lost creatures, and had no desire to return to God: the Prodigal was said to go into a far Country, Luke 15. 30.
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- 2Li•t facult ates non •runt per lapsum abolitae, determinatio tamen earum ad objecta spiritualia fuit protinus extincta. Zeae•. de imagine Dei.