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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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Thirdly, our receiving Christ necessarily implies our hearty approbation, liking, and estimation, yea, the acquiescence of our very souls in Jesus Christ, as the most excellent, suitable and complete remedy for all our wants, sins and dangers that ever could be prepared by the wisdom and love of God for them: we must receive him with such a frame of heart as rests upon him, trusts to and relies upon him, if ever we receive him aright: to them that believe he is precious, 1 Pet. 2. 7. this is the only sovereign plaster in all the world that is large enough, and efficacious enough to cure our wounds: and therefore as Christ is most highly esteemed, and heartily approved as the only remedy for our souls, so the sovereign grace and wisdom of God are admired, and the way and method he hath taken to save poor lost souls by Jesus Christ most heartily approved; as the most apt and excellent method, both for his glory and our good, that ever could be taken: for 'tis a plain case, that none will espouse themselves with conjugal affections to that person whom they esteem not as the best for them that can be chosen: none will forsake and quit all for his sake, except they account him as the spouse did, the chiefest of ten thousand, Cant. 5. 10.
Thirdly, our receiving Christ necessarily implies our hearty approbation, liking, and estimation, yea, the acquiescence of our very souls in Jesus Christ, as the most excellent, suitable and compleat remedy for all our wants, sins and dangers that ever could be prepared by the wisdome and love of God for them: we must receive him with such a frame of heart as rests upon him, trusts to and relys upon him, if ever we receive him aright: to them that believe he is precious, 1 Pet. 2. 7. this is the only soveraign plaister in all the world that is large enough, and efficacious enough to cure our wounds: and therefore as Christ is most highly esteemed, and heartily approved as the only remedy for our souls, so the soveraign grace and wisdome of God are admired, and the way and method he hath taken to save poor lost souls by Jesus Christ most heartily approved; as the most apt and excellent method, both for his glory and our good, that ever could be taken: for 'tis a plain case, that none will espouse themselves with conjugal affections to that person whom they esteem not as the best for them that can be chosen: none will forsake and quit all for his sake, except they account him as the spouse did, the chiefest of ten thousand,