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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.
X. Excellency.
'Tis Food to the Soul; and the most delicious, pleasant, proper and satisfying food that ever it tasted; 'tis hidden Manna, Rev. 2. 17. By these things, O Lord, do men live, and in them is the life of their Soul, Isa. 38. 16. A regenerate Soul cannot live without it; their bodies can live as well without bread or breath, as their Souls without communion with God; 'tis more than their necessary food. Here they find what they truly call marrow and fatness, Psal. 63. 5, 6. O the satisfaction and support they suck out of spiritual things, by thoughts and meditations upon them! To be spiritually minded is life and peace, Rom. 8. 6. The delicates upon Princes Tables are husks and chaff to this. Crows and Vultures can live upon the Carrion of this World; but a renewed Soul cannot subsist long without God. Let such a Soul be diverted for a time from its usual refreshments this way, and he shall find something within paining him, like the sucking and drawing of an empty stomach; 'tis Angels food, 'tis that your Souls must live upon throughout Eternity, and most happily too.