A39669:2366
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, The obedience of Christ was universal and complete, he was obedient to all the will of God, making no demur to the hardest service imposed by the will of God upon him, Phil. 2. 8. He became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross: and though it's true the humanity of Christ recoiled and staggered when that bitter cup of the wrath of God was given him to drink; yet how soon was that innocent aversation overcome in him by a perfect submission? nevertheless not my will, but thine be done, Mat. 26. 39. Christians here is your pattern: happy art thou Reader, if thou canst say when God calls thee to suffering, and self denying work, I am filled with the will of God. Such was Pauls obedience. Acts 21. 13. I am ready not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Secondly, The obedience of Christ was universal and compleat, he was obedient to all the will of God, making no demur to the hardest service imposed by the will of God upon him, Phil. 2. 8. He became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross: and though it's true the humanity of Christ recoyled and staggered when that bitter cup of the wrath of God was given him to drink; yet how soon was that innocent aversation overcome in him by a perfect submission? nevertheless not my will, but thine be done, Mat. 26. 39. Christians here is your pattern: happy art thou Reader, if thou canst say when God calls thee to suffering, and self denying work, I am filled with the will of God. Such was Pauls obedience. Acts 21. 13. I am ready not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.