A39669:923
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.
Position 3.
The Saints have not fellowship and communion with Christ in the fore-mentioned benefits and privileges by one and the same medium, 1but by various mediums and ways according to the nature of the benefits in which they participate.
The Saints have not fellowship and communion with Christ in the fore-mentioned benefits and priviledges by one and the same medium, 1but by various mediums and ways according to the nature of the benefits in which they participate.
- 1Position 3.
For instance, they have partnership and communion with Christ (as hath been said) in his righteousness, holiness and glory: but they receive these distinct blessings, by divers mediums of communion: we have communion with Christ in his righteousness by the way of Imputation: we partake of his holiness by the way of infusion: and of his glory in heaven by the beatifical Vision. Our Justification is a relative change, our sanctification a real change, our glorification a perfect change by redemption from all the remains both of sin and misery.