Flavel explores the glory of Christ becoming a man “to qualify and prepare Him for a full discharge of His mediatorship, in the office of our Prophet, Priest, and King.”
“Salvation,” says Flavel, “is revealed by Christ as a Prophet, procured by Him as a Priest, applied by Him as a King. In vain it is revealed, if not purchased; in vain revealed and purchased, if not applied.”
Flavel’s treatment of the subject is polemical when necessary and painstakingly detailed when he believes the truth is at stake. It is an act of adoration, of meditations upon “the transcendent excellency of Jesus Christ.”
160 pages.
Table of Contents:
- The Excellence of the Subject
- Christ’s Essential Glory
- The Covenant of Redemption
- God’s Admirable Love
- Christ’s Wonderful Person
- The Authority of the Mediator
- The Consecration of the Mediator
- The Nature of Christ’s Mediation
- The First Branch of Christ’s Prophetical Office: The Revelation of God’s Will
- The Second Branch of Christ’s Prophetical Office: The Illumination of Man’s Understanding
- The Nature and Necessity of Christ’s Priesthood
- The First Act of Christ’s Priestly Office: Oblation
- The Second Act of Christ’s Priestly Office: Intercession
- The First Effect of Christ’s Priesthood: A Full Satisfaction
- The Second Effect of Christ’s Priesthood: A Blessed Inheritance
- The Kingly Office of Christ: Executed Spiritually upon the Redeemed
- The Kingly Office of Christ: Executed Providentially for the Redeemed
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