A39669:1721
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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Fifthly, and lastly, It shows us the peculiar happiness and 1privilege of Believers above all people in the world. These only are they which shall be brought to God by Jesus Christ in a reconciled state: others indeed shall be brought to God as a Judge, to be condemned by him: Believers only are brought to God in the Mediators hand, as a reconciled Father to be made blessed for ever in the enjoyment of him: every Believer is brought singly to God at his death, Luke 16. 22. and all Believers shall be jointly and solemnly presented to God in the great day, Col. 1. 22. Jude v. 24. They shall be all presented faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. Now the privilege of Believers in that day will lie in diverse things.
Fifthly, and lastly, It shews us the peculiar happiness and 1priviledge of Believers above all people in the world. These only are they which shall be brought to God by Jesus Christ in a reconciled state: others indeed shall be brought to God as a Judge, to be condemned by him: Believers only are brought to God in the Mediators hand, as a reconciled Father to be made blessed for ever in the injoyment of him: every Believer is brought singly to God at his death, Luke 16. 22. and all Believers shall be jointly and solemnly presented to God in the great day, Col. 1. 22. Jude v. 24. They shall be all presented faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. Now the priviledge of Believers in that day will lie in diverse things.
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