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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.
XVII. Excellency.
'Tis a Mercy purchased by the blood of Christ for Believers, and one of the principal Mercies settled upon them by the new Covenant grant. A peculiar mercy which none but the Redeemed of the Lord partake of; a mercy which cost the ⟨p. 435⟩blood of Christ to purchase it. I do not deny but there are thousands of other mercies, bestowed upon the unregenerate; they have Health, Wealth, Children, Honours, Pleasures, and all the delights of this Life: but for communion with God, and the pleasures that result therefrom, they are uncapable of these. No supping with Christ upon such excellent privileges and mercies as these, till the heart be opened to him by faith; you cannot come nigh to God, until you be first made nigh by reconciliation, Eph. 2. 13. Heb. 10. 19, 20, 21, 22. What would your lives, Christians, be worth to you if this mercy were cut off from you? There would be little sweetness, or savour in all your outward mercies, were it not for this mercy that sweetens them all. And there is this difference among many others, betwixt this mercy and all outward mercies. You may be cut off from the enjoyment of those, you cannot from this; no prison can keep out the Comforter. O bless God for this invaluable Mercy.
'Tis a Mercy purchased by the blood of Christ for Believers, and one of the principal Mercies setled upon them by the new Covenant grant. A peculiar mercy which none but the Redeemed of the Lord partake of; a mercy which cost the ⟨p. 435⟩