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Englands duty under the present gospel liberty from Revel. III, vers. 20
Englands duty under the present gospel liberty from Revel. III, vers. 20 : wherein is opened the admirable condescension and patience of Christ in waiting upon trifling and obstinate sinners, the wretched state of the unconverted, the nature of evangelical faith ..., the riches of free grace in the offers of Christ ..., the invaluable privileges of union and communion granted to all who receive him ... / by John Flavell ...Englands duty under the present gospel liberty from Revel. III, vers. 20 : wherein is opened the admirable condescension and patience of Christ in waiting upon trifling and obstinate sinners, the wretched state of the unconverted, the nature of evangelical faith ..., the riches of free grace in the offers of Christ ..., the invaluable priviledges of union and communion granted to all who receive him ... / by John Flavell ...
London: printed for Matthew Wotton, 1689
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Lastly, There are representations and special contemplations of the omniscience of God, producing sincerity, comfort in appeals, and recourse to it in doubts of our own uprightness. And this also is a choice and excellent method of communion with God. (1.) When the omniscience of God strongly obliges the Soul to sincerity and uprightness, as it did David, Psal. 139. 11, 12. compared with Psal. 18. 23. I was also upright before him. The consideration that he was always before the Eye of God, was his preservative ⟨p. 409⟩from iniquity, yea, from his own iniquity. (2.) When it produceth comforts in appeals to it, as it did in Hezekiah, 2 Kings 20. 3. Remember now, O Lord, that I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart. So Job 10. 7. he also appeals to this attribute, Thou knowest that I am not wicked. So did Jeremiah, Chap. 12. 3. But thou, O Lord, knowest me, thou hast seen me, and tried my heart towards thee. (3.) When we have recourse to it, under doubts and fears of our own uprightness. Thus did David, Psal. 139. 23. Search me, O God, and try my heart; prove me, and see my reins; see if there be any way of wickedness in me. In all these attributes of God, Christians have real and sweet communion with him, which was the first thing to be opened: Communion with God in the meditation of his attributes.
Lastly, There are representations and special contemplations of the omniscience of God, producing sincerity, comfort in appeals, and recourse to it in doubts of our own uprightness. And this also is a choice and excellent method of communion with God. (1.) When the omniscience of God strongly obliges the Soul to sincerity and uprightness, as it did David, Psal. 139. 11, 12. compared with Psal. 18. 23. I was also upright before him. The consideration that he was always before the Eye of God, was his preservative