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 always heart-warming and practical, only polemical when necessary and painstakingly detailed when he believes the truth is at stake. The whole book is a work of adoration, of meditations upon the transcendent excellency of Jesus Christ.