A39669:2552
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, Condemnation with respect to the fault is the casting of the person as guilty of the crime charged upon him. Condemnation with respect to the punishment is the sentencing of the convicted offender to undergo such a punishment for such a fault, to bear a penal for a moral evil. This forensic word Condemnation is here applied unto the case of a guilty sinner cast at the bar of God, where the fact is clearly proved, and the punishment righteously awarded. Thou art an unbeliever, for this sin thou shalt die eternally. Condemnation with respect to the fault stands opposed to Justification, Rom. 5. 16. ⟨p. 543⟩Condemnation with respect to the punishment stands opposed to Salvation, Mar. 16. 16. More particularly,
First, Condemnation with respect to the fault is the casting of the person as guilty of the crime charged upon him. Condemnation with respect to the punishment is the sentencing of the convicted offender to undergo such a punishment for such a fault, to bear a penal for a moral evil. This forensick word Condemnation is here applied unto the case of a guilty sinner cast at the bar of God, where the fact is clearly proved, and the punishment righteously awarded. Thou art an unbeliever, for this sin thou shalt die eternally. Condemnation with respect to the fault stands opposed to Justification, Rom. 5. 16. ⟨p. 543⟩Condemnation with respect to the punishment stands opposed to Salvation, Mar. 16. 16. More particularly,
First, Condemnation is the sentence of God: the great and terrible God, the omniscient, omnipotent, supreme, and impartial Judge, at whose br the guilty sinner stands. 'Tis the Law of God that condemns him now. He hath one that judgeth him, a great and terrible one too. 'Tis a dreadful thing to be condemned at mans bar. But the Courts of humane Judicature, how awful and solemn soever they are, are but trifles, and children's play to this Court of heaven and conscience; wherein the unbeliever is arraigned and condemned.