A39669:258
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.
Fourthly, The Saints Mystical Union with Christ is a 1fundamental Union: it's fundamental by way of Sustentation: all our fruits of obedience depend upon it. John 15. 4. As the branch cannot bear fruit except it abide in the Vine, no more can ye• except ye abide in me. It's fundamental to all our privileges and comfortable claims, 1 Cor. 3. ult. all is yours for ye are Christs. And it is fundamental to all our hopes, and expectations of glory; for it is Christ in you the hope of glory, Col. 1. 27. So then destroy this Union, and with it you destroy all our fruits, privileges and eternal hopes at one stroke.
Fourthly, The Saints Mystical Union with Christ is a 1fundamental Union: it's fundamental by way of Sustentation: all our fruits of obedience depend upon it. John 15. 4. As the branch cannot bear fruit except it abide in the Vine, no more can ye• except ye abide in me. It's fundamental to all our priviledges and comfortable claims, 1 Cor. 3. ult. all is yours for ye are Christs. And it is fundamental to all our hopes, and expectations of glory; for it is Christ in you the hope of glory, Col. 1. 27. So then destroy this Union, and with it you destroy all our fruits, priviledges and eternal hopes at one stroke.
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