A39669:884
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.
The Eighth SERMON.1
- 1Serm. 8.
PSAL. 45. 7. —Therefore God thy God, hath anointed thee with 1—the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
PSAL. 45. 7. —Therefore God thy God, hath anointed thee with 1—the oyl of gladness above thy fellows.
- 1Text. Setting forth the Believers fellowship with Christ, the next end of his Application to them.
The Method of grace in uniting souls with Jesus Christ, hath been opened in the former discourses, thus doth the Spirit (whose office it is) make application of Christ to Gods elect: The result and next fruit whereof is Communion with Christ in his graces and benefits: our Mystical union is the very ground-work and foundation of our sweet soul-enriching Communion, and participation of spiritual privileges; we are first engrafted into Christ, and then suck the sap and fatness of that root: first married to the person of Christ, then endowed and instated in the privileges and benefits of Christ. This is my proper work to open at this time, and from this Scripture.