The Method of Grace, in the Holy Spirit's Applying to the Souls of Men, the Eternal Redemption Contrived by the Father and Accomplished by the Son (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1845. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE WHOLE SUBJECT APPLIED IN A SOLEMN INVITATION TO COME TO CHRIST, WITH MOTIVES FROM HIS TITLES AND BENEFITS CHAPTER IX. ALL MEN INVITED TO APPLY JESUS CHRIST. Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. 11: 28. The providing or procuring of our redemption by Jesus Christ having been discussed in the former treatise, (the Fountain of Life, ) and the way and means by which Christ is applied to sinners in the foregoing part of this treatise, I now come to the general practical improvement of the whole; which in the first place shall be by way of exhortation, to invite and persuade all men to come to Christ. In all the foregoing discourses Christ has been represented in his garments of salvation, red in his apparel, prepared and offered to sinners as their allsufficient and only remedy: in those which follow he will be represented in his perfumed garments coming out of his ivory palaces, Psalm 45: 8, to allure and draw all men unto him. For a general head to this practical application, which will be large, I have chosen this scripture, " Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." These words are the voice of our Lord Jesus Christ himself, in which there is a vital, ravishing sound. It is your mercy to have such a joyful sound in your ears this day. It is manifest that these words have an immediate relation to the foregoing verse, wherein Christ opens his commission, and declares the fulness of his authority and saving power, and the impossibility of coming to God any other way. "All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him." verse 27. The t...