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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.
I. Inference.
How sure and certain a thing is it that there is a God, and a state of glory prepared in Heaven for sanctified Souls?
These things are undeniable, God hath set them before our spiritual Eyes and senses; beside the revelation of it in the Gospel, which singly makes it infallible; the Lord, for our abundant satisfaction, hath brought these things down to the touch and test of our Spiritual senses and experiences. You that have had so many sights of God by faith, so many sweet tastes of Heaven ⟨p. 440⟩in the Duties of Religion, O what a confirmation and •eal have you of the reality of invisible things! You may say of Heaven, and the joys above, as the Apostle did of him that purchased it, 1 John 1. 1. That which our Eyes have seen, and our Ears have heard, and our Hands have handled, &c. For God hath set these things in some degree before your very Eyes, and put the first fruits of them into your own Hands. The sweet relish of the joy of the Lord is upon the very palate of your Souls; to this Spiritual sense of the believing Hebrews the Apostle appealed, Heb. 10. 34. when he said, Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in your selves that you have in Heaven a better and an enduring substance. This knowing in our selves is more certain and sweet than all the traditional knowledge we get from the reports of others,