A39669:2090
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, He is renewed in his state and condition, for he passeth from death to life, in his Justification, 1 Joh. 3. 14. he was condemned by the Law, he is now Justified freely by grace through the redemption which is in Christ: he was under the curse of the first Covenant; he is under the blessing of the new Covenant: he was afar off, but is now made nigh unto God: an alien, a stranger once, now of the household of God, Eph. 2. 12, 13. O blessed change from a sad, to a sweet and comfortable condition! There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, Rom. 8. 1.
First, He is renewed in his state and condition, for he passeth from death to life, in his Justification, 1 Joh. 3. 14. he was condemned by the Law, he is now Justified freely by grace through the redemption which is in Christ: he was under the curse of the first Covenant; he is under the blessing of the new Covenant: he was afar off, but is now made nigh unto God: an alien, a stranger once, now of the houshold of God, Eph. 2. 12, 13. O blessed change from a sad, to a sweet and comfortable condition! There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, Rom. 8. 1.
Secondly, Every man in Christ is renewed in his frame, and constitution: all the faculties and affections of his soul are renewed by regeneration: his understanding was dark, but now is light in the Lord, Eph. 5. 8. his conscience was dead and secure, or full of guilt and horror; but is now become tender, watchful, and full of peace,