A39669:2334
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.
DOCT.
That every man is bound to the imitation of Christ under penalty 1of forfeiting his claim to Christ.
- 1Doct.
The Saints imitation of Christ is solemnly enjoined by many 1great and express commands of the Gospel: so you find it, 1 Pet. 1. 15. But as he that hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation: So Eph. 5. 1, 2. Be ye therefore followers of God as dear Children, and walk in love as Christ also hath loved us. Christians (saith Bernard) receive this name from Christ: and it is very meet that as they inherit his name, so they should also imitate his holiness. Now to state the method of this Discourse, it will be needful to discuss and open three things in the doctrinal part.
- 1Christiani […] Christo nomen acceperunt, & operae pretium est, ut sicut sunt •eraedes nominis, ita sint imitatores sanctitatis. Bern. sent. lib. p. 436.