A39669:561
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, The infusion of a vital principle of grace, you hath he quickened. These words [hath he quickened] are a supplement, 1made to clear the sense of the Apostle, which else would have been more obscure by reason of that long Parenthesis betwixt the first and the fifth verses, for as the *learned observe, this word [Greek or Hebrew] you, is governed of the verb [Greek or Hebrew] hath he quickened, verse 5. so that here the words are transposed from the plain grammatical order, by reason of the interjection of a long sentence, therefore with good warrant our Translators have put the verb into this first verse, which is repeated verse the fifth, and so keeping faithfully to the scope, have excellently cleared the Syntax and order of the words. Now this verb [Greek or Hebrew] hath he quickened, imports the first vital act of the spirit of God, •or his first enlivening work upon the soul in order to its Union with Jesus Christ: for look as the blood of Christ is the fountain of all merit, so the Spirit of Christ is the fountain of all spiritual life: and until he quicken us, (i. e.) infuse the principle of the divine life into our souls, we can put forth no hand, or vital act of faith to lay hold upon Jesus Christ.
First, The infusion of a vital principle of grace, you hath he quickened. These words [hath he quickened] are a supplement, 1made to clear the sense of the Apostle, which else would have been more obscure by reason of that long Parenthesis betwixt the first and the fifth verses, for as the *learned observe, this word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 you, is governed of the verb 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 hath he quickened, verse 5. so that here the words are transposed from the plain grammatical order, by reason of the interjection of a long sentence, therefore with good warrant our Translators have put the verb into this first verse, which is repeated verse the fifth, and so keeping faithfully to the scope, have excellently cleared the Syntax and order of the words. Now this verb hath he quickened, imports the first vital act of the spirit of God, or his first enlivening work upon the soul in order to its Union with Jesus Christ: for look as the blood of Christ is the fountain of all merit, so the Spirit of Christ is the fountain of all spiritual life: and until he quicken us, (i. e.) infuse the principle of the divine life into our souls, we can put forth no hand, or vital act of faith to lay hold upon Jesus Christ.