A39669:1903
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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Lesson 6.
The Lord teaches those that come to Christ, that there is a fullness of saving power in him, whereby any soul that duly receives him may be perfectly delivered from all its sin and misery, Heb. 7. 25. Col. 1. 19. Mat. 28. 18. this is a great and necessary point for every Believer to learn and hear from the Father: for unless the soul be satisfied of the fullness of Christs saving power, it will never move forward towards him: and herein also the goodness of God is most sweetly and seasonably manifested; for at this time 'tis the great design of Satan to fill the soul with despairing thoughts of a pardon: but all those black and heart-sinking thoughts vanish before the discovery of Christs all-sufficiency. Now the sin-sick soul saith with that woman, Mat. 9. 21. If I may but touch the hem of his Garment, I shall be healed: how deep soever the guilt and stain of sin be, yet the soul which acknowledges the infinite dignity of the blood of Christ, the offering of it up to God in our room, and Gods declared satisfaction in it; must needs be satisfied that Christ is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him, which is the sixth Lesson Believers are taught of God.
The Lord teaches those that come to Christ, that there is a fulness of saving power in him, whereby any soul that duely receives him may be perfectly delivered from all its sin and misery, Heb. 7. 25.