A39669:558
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 difference betwixt both these is thus aptly expressed by a late Author, Christ is in believers by his Spirit, 1 Joh. 4. 13. the believer is in Christ by faith, Joh. 1. 12. Christ 1is in the believer by inhabitation, Rom. 3. 17. the believer is in Christ by implantation, Rom. 6. 35. Christ is in the believer as the head is in the body, Col. 1. 18. as the root in the branches, Joh. 15. 5. believers are in Christ as the members are in the head, Eph. 1. 23. or as the branches are in the root, Joh. 15. 1, 7. Christ in the believer implieth life and influence from Christ, Col. 3. 4. the believer in Christ implieth Communion, and fellowship with Christ, 1 Cor. 1. 30. when Christ is said to be in the believer, we are to understand it in reference to Sanctification; when the believer is said to be in Christ it is in order to Justification.
The difference betwixt both these is thus aptly expressed by a late Author, Christ is in believers by his Spirit, 1 Joh. 4. 13. the believer is in Christ by faith, Joh. 1. 12. Christ 1is in the believer by inhabitation, Rom. 3. 17. the believer is in Christ by implantation, Rom. 6. 35. Christ is in the believer as the head is in the body,