A39669:929
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 5.
The Communion believers have with Christ in spiritual benefits 1is a very great mystery, far above the understanding of natural men. There are no footsteps of this thing in all the works of creation, therefore the Apostle calls it the unsearchable riches of Christ, Eph. 3. 8. [Greek or Hebrew]: the word▪ signifies that which hath no footsteps to trace it by: yea, 'tis so deep a mystery that the Angels themselves stoop down to look into it, 1 Pet. 1. 12. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them them that love him: but God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit, 1 Cor. 2. 9, 10.
The Communion believers have with Christ in spiritual benefits 1is a very great mystery, far above the understanding of natural men. There are no footsteps of this thing in all the works of creation, therefore the Apostle calls it the unsearchable riches of Christ, Eph. 3. 8. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉: the word▪ signifies that which hath no footsteps to trace it by: yea, 'tis so deep a mystery that the Angels themselves stoop down to look into it,