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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Eighthly,1 We may prove the reality of communion with God, from the impossibility of sustaining those troubles the Saints do without it. If prayers did not go up, and answers come down, there were no living for a Christian in this World. Prayer is the out-let of the Saints sorrows, and the in-let of their supports and comforts, Rom. 8. 26. Say not other men have their troubles as well as the Saints, and yet they make a shift to bear them without the help of communion with God. 'Tis true, carnal men have their troubles, and those troubles are often too heavy for them. The sorrows of the world work death; but carnal men have no such troubles as the Saints have; for they have their inward Spiritual troubles, as well as their outward troubles. And inward troubles are the sinking troubles; but this way the strength of God comes in to succour them: and except they had a God to go to, and fetch comfort from, they could never bear them, Psal. 27. 13. I had fainted unless • had believed. Paul had sunk under the buffetings of Satan, unless he had gone once and again to his God, and received this answer, My grace is sufficient for thee; 2 Cor. 12. 9.
Eighthly,1 We may prove the reality of communion with God, from the impossibility of sustaining those troubles the Saints do without it. If prayers did not go up, and answers come down, there were no living for a Christian in this World. Prayer is the out-let of the Saints sorrows, and the in-let of their supports and comforts, Rom. 8. 26. Say not other men have their troubles as well as the Saints, and yet they make a shift to bear them without the help of communion with God. 'Tis true, carnal men have their troubles, and those troubles are often too heavy for them. The sorrows of the world work death; but carnal men have no such troubles as the Saints have; for they have their inward Spiritual troubles, as well as their outward troubles. And inward troubles are the sinking troubles; but this way the strength of God comes in to succor them: and except they had a God to go to, and fetch comfort from, they could never bear them,