A39669:949
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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Infer. 6.
How rich and full is Jesus Christ, who communicates abundantly to all the Saints, and yet hath more still in himself than is 1communicated to them, although all they receive were brought into one heap!
- 1Infer. 6.
Take all the faith of Abraham, all the meekness of Moses, all the patience of Job, all the wisdom of Solomon, all the zeal of David, all the industry of Paul, and all the tenderheartedness of Josiah: add to this all the grace that is poured (though in lesser measure) into all the elect vessels in the world, yet still it is far short of that which remains in Christ, he is anointed with the oil of gladness above his fellows: and in all things he hath, and must ever have the preeminence: there be many thousand Stars glittering above your ⟨p. 179⟩heads, and one star differs from another star in glory, yet there is more light and glory in one Sun, than in the many thousand Stars: grace beautifies the children of men exceedingly, but still that is true of Christ, Psal. 45. 2. Thou art fairer than the children of men, grace is poured into thy lips: for all grace is secondarily and derivatively in the Saints, but it is primitively, and originally in Christ,