A39669:2356
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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Secondly, Christ was uniformly holy, at one time as well as another; in one place and company as well as another; he was still like himself, an holy Christ: one and the same tenor of holiness ran throughout his whole life, from first to last: so must it be with all his people: holy in all manner of conversation. Christians, look to your copy, and be sure to imitate Christ in this; write fair after your Copy; let there ⟨p. 503⟩not be here a word and there a blot; one part of your life heavenly, and pure, and another earthly, and dreggy: or (as one expresses it) now an heavenly rapture, and by and by a fleshly frolic.
Secondly, Christ was uniformly holy, at one time as well as another; in one place and company as well as another; he was still like himself, an holy Christ: one and the same tenour of holiness ran thoughout his whole life, from first to last: so must it be with all his people: holy in all manner of conversation. Christians, look to your copy, and be sure to imitate Christ in this; write fair after your Copy; let there ⟨p. 503⟩not be here a word and there a blot; one part of your life heavenly, and pure, and another earthly, and dreggy: or (as one expresses it) now an heavenly rapture, and by and by a fleshly frolick.
Thirdly, Christ was exemplarily holy: a pattern of holiness to all that came nigh him, and conversed with him. O imitate Christ in this. It was the commendation of the Thessalonians that they were ensamples to all that believed in Macedonia, and Achaia, and that in every place their faith to God-ward was spread abroad, 1 Thes. 1. 7, 8. Let no man go out of your company without conviction or edification; so exemplary were the primitive Christians, Phil. 3. 17.