A39669:894
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.
By the oil of gladness, understand the spirit of holiness: compared here with oil, of which there was a double use 1under the Law, viz. a Civil, and a Sacred use: it had a sacred and solemn use in the inauguration, and consecration of the Jewish Kings, and High Priests: it had also a civil and common use, for the anointing their bodies to make their limbs more agile, expedite and nimble: To make the face shine, for it gave a lustre, freshness, and liveliness to the countenance: it was also used in Lamps to feed and maintain the fire, and give them light: these were the principal uses of oil. Now, upon all these accounts it excellently expresseth, and figuratively represents to us the Spirit of grace poured forth upon Christ and his people: For
By the oyl of gladness, understand the spirit of holiness: compared here with oyl, of which there was a double use 1under the Law, viz. a Civil, and a Sacred use: it had a sacred and solemn use in the inauguration, and consecration of the Jewish Kings, and High Priests: it had also a civil and common use, for the anointing their bodies to make their limbs more agile, expedite and nimble: To make the face shine, for it gave a lustre, freshness, and liveliness to the countenance: it was also used in Lamps to feed and maintain the fire, and give them light: these were the principal uses of oyl. Now, upon all these accounts it excellently expresseth, and figuratively represents to us the Spirit of grace poured forth upon Christ and his people: For
- 1Oleum ipsum est limpidum & pellucidum & flammis fomentum & alimoniam suppeditat; inde sumpta metaphora ungere in scriptura saepe significat spiritu sancto intus a•imum illustrare, & accendere in eo veram-agnitionem dei & motus congruentes cum deo. Mollerus in Loc.
First, By the spirit poured out upon him, he was prepared for and consecrated to his offices, he was anointed with the holy Ghost and with power,