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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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The Conclusion.
And now Reader, after all my discourses of the method of Christ in purchasing the great Salvation for us, and the way of the Spirit in applying it, and making it effectual to Gods Elect; thou hast two wonders before thine eyes, either of which may astonish thy soul in the consideration of them. Viz. | 1. The admirable Grace of God in preparing | this great salvation. 2. The desperate wickedness of man in rejecting
First, Behold the riches of the goodness and mercy of God 1in preparing such a remedy as this for lost man. This is that ⟨p. 593⟩which is justly called the great mystery of Godliness, 1 Tim. 3. 16. That mystery which the Prophets enquired diligently after, yea, which the Angels desire to look into, 1 Pet. 1. 10, 12. In this glorious mystery of Redemption tha• [Greek or Hebrew] manifold wisdom of God, or that wisdom which hath such curious and admirable variety in it, is illustriously displayed, Eph. 4. 10. Yea, the contrivement of our Redemption this way, is the most glorious display of Divine Love that ever was made, or can be made in this world to the children of men: for so the Apostle will be understood when he saith,