A39669:938
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.
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Are the Saints Christs fellows, what honourable persons then are 1they! and how should they be esteemed and valued in the world! If a King who is the fountain of honour, do but raise a man by his favour and dignify him by bestowing some honourable Title upon him, what respect and observance is presently paid him by all persons? but what are all the vain and empty Titles of honour to the glorious and substantial privileges with which believers are dignified, and raised above all other men by Jesus Christ? he is the son of God, and they are the sons of God also: he is the heir of all things, and they are joint-heirs with Christ. He reigns in glory, and they shall reign with him: he sits upon the throne, and they shall sit with him in his throne. O that this vile world did but know the dignity of believers, they would never slight, hate, abuse, and persecute them as they do! and O that believers did but understand their own happiness and privileges by Christ, they would never droop and sink under every small trouble at t•t rate they do.
Are the Saints Christs fellows, what honourable persons then are 1they! and how should they be esteemed and valued in the world! If a King who is the fountain of honour, do but raise a man by his favour and dignifie him by bestowing some honourable Title upon him, what respect and observance is presently paid him by all persons? but what are all the vain and empty Titles of honour to the glorious and substantial priviledges with which believers are dignified, and raised above all other men by Jesus Christ? he is the son of God, and they are the sons of God also: he is the heir of all things, and they are joynt-heirs with Christ. He reigns in glory, and they shall reign with him: he sits upon the throne, and they shall sit with him in his throne. O that this vile world did but know the dignity of believers, they would never slight, hate, abuse, and persecute them as they do! and O that believers did but understand their own happiness and priviledges by Christ, they would never droop and sink under every small trouble at tt rate they do.