A39669:933
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 and Lastly, I shall in a few particulars open the dignity and excellency of this fruit of our Union with Christ, and show you, that a greater glory and honour cannot be put upon man, than to be thus in fellowship with Jesus Christ, Joh. 17. 22. The glory which thou gavest me, I have given them; that they may be one as we are one: and therefore more particularly let it be considered
Thirdly and Lastly, I shall in a few particulars open the dignity and excellency of this fruit of our Union with Christ, and shew you, that a greater glory and honour cannot be put upon man, than to be thus in fellowship with Jesus Christ, Joh. 17. 22. The glory which thou gavest me, I have given them; that they may be one as we are one: and therefore more particularly let it be considered
First, With whom we are associated, even the Son of God: with him that is over all, God blessed for ever. Our association with Angels is an high advancement, for Angels and ⟨p. 174⟩Saints are fellow servants in the fame family, Rev. 19. 10. and through Christ we are come to an innumerable company of Angels, Heb. 12. 22. but what is all this to our fellowship with Jesus Christ himself; and that in another manner than Angels have? for though Christ be to them an head of dominion, yet not an head of vital influence as he is to his mystical body the Church: this therefore is to them a great mystery, which they greatly affect to study, and pry into.