A39669:2087
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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Seventhly, In a word, God surveyed the first Creation with complacence and great delight: he beheld the work of his hands and approved them as very good, Gen. 1. 31. so is it also in the second creation; nothing pleaseth, and delights God more than the works of grace in the souls of his people: it is not any outward privilege of nature, or gift of Providence which commends any man to God: circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but a new creature, Gal. 6. 15. ⟨p. 432⟩And thus you see, upon what grounds the work of regeneration in man is styled a new Creature, which was the first thing to be opened.
Seventhly, In a word, God surveyed the first Creation with complacence and great delight: he beheld the work of his hands and approved them as very good, Gen. 1. 31. so is it also in the second creation; nothing pleaseth, and delights God more than the works of grace in the souls of his people: it is not any outward priviledge of nature, or gift of Providence which commends any man to God: circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but a new creature, Gal. 6. 15. ⟨p. 432⟩And thus you see, upon what grounds the work of regeneration in man is stiled a new Creature, which was the first thing to be opened.
Secondly, Next we must enquire in what respects every soul that is in Christ is renewed, or made a new Creature: 1and here we shall find a threefold renovation of every man that is in Christ, viz.