A39669:2171
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.
Two great Trials of our interest in Christ are finished, we now proceed to a third, namely the mortification of sin: they that are Christs have crucified the flesh. The scope of the Apostle in this context is to heal the unchristian breaches among the Galatians prevailing by the instigation of Satan, to the breach of brotherly love: to cure this he urges four weighty arguments.
TWo great Tryals of our interest in Christ are finished, we now proceed to a third, namely the mortification of sin: they that are Christs have crucified the flesh. The scope of the Apostle in this context is to heal the unchristian breaches among the Galatians prevailing by the instigation of Satan, to the breach of brotherly love: to cure this he urges four weighty arguments.
First, From the great Commandment, to love one another, upon which the whole Law (i. e.) all the duties of the second Table do depend, vers. 14.
Secondly, He powerfully dissuades them from the consideration of the sad events of their bitter contests, calumnies and detractions, viz. mutual ruin and destruction, vers. 15.
Secondly, He powerfully disswades them from the consideration of the sad events of their bitter contests, calumnies and detractions, viz. mutual ruine and destruction, vers. 15.