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  • Christ and his benefits go inseparably and undividedly... Many would willingly receive his privileges, who will not receive his person; but it cannot be; if we will have one, we must take the other too: Yea, we must accept his person first, and then his benefits: as it is in the marriage covenant, so it is here.

    John Flavel (1740). “The Whole Works of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel ... To which are Added, Alphabetical Tables of the Texts of Scripture Explained; and Indexes of Principal Matters Contained in the Whole”, p.237