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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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3ly, The Lord many times draws forth eminent degrees of our love to him, in the course of our duties; the heart is filled with love to Christ. The strength of the Soul is drawn forth to Christ in love; and this the Lord repays in kind, love for love, John 14. 21. He that loveth me, my Father will love him; and we will come and make our abode with him. Here is sweet communion with God in the exercises of love. O what a rich trade do Christians drive this way in their duties and exercises of graces!
3ly, The Lord many times draws forth eminent degrees of our love to him, in the course of our duties; the heart is filled with love to Christ. The strength of the Soul is drawn forth to Christ in love; and this the Lord repays in kind, love for love, Iohn 14. 21. He that loveth me, my Father will love him; and we will come and make our abode with him. Here is sweet communion with God in the exercises of love. O what a rich trade do Christians drive this way in their duties and exercises of graces!
4ly, To mention no more, in the duties of Passive Obedience, Christians are enabled to exercise their patience, meekness, and long suffering for Christ; in return to which, the Lord gives them the singular consolations of his Spirit. Double returns of joy; The Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon them, 1 Pet. 4. 13, 14. The Lord ⟨p. 411⟩strengthens them with passive fortitude, with all might in the inner-man, unto all long-suffering; but the reward of that long-suffering is joyfulness, Col. 1. 11. This is the trade they drive with Heaven.