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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.
These words are a branch of that excellent Epistle dictated by Christ, and sent by his servant John to the Church of Laodicea, the most formal, hypocritical and degenerate of all the seven Churches; yet the great Physician will try his skill upon them, both by the rebukes of the rod, ver. 19. and by the persuasive power of the word; ver. 20. Behold, I stand at the door and knock, &c.
These words are a branch of that excellent Epistle dictated by Christ, and sent by his servant John to the Church of Laodicea, the most formal, hypocritical and degenerate of all the seven Churches; yet the great Phisitian will try his skill upon them, both by the rebukes of the rod, ver. 19. and by the perswasive power of the word; ver. 20. Behold, I stand at the door and knock, &c.
This Text is Christs wooing voice, full of Heavenly Rhetoric to win and gain the hearts of Sinners to himself; wherein we have these two general parts. 1. Christs suit for a Sinners heart. 2. The powerful Arguments enforcing his suit.
This Text is Christs wooing voice, full of Heavenly Rhetorick to win and gain the hearts of Sinners to himself; wherein we have these two general parts. 1. Christs suit for a Sinners heart. 2. The powerful Arguments enforcing his suit.
First, Christs suit for a Sinners heart, wherein we §Ihave (1st) the solemn Preface, ushering it in, behold. (2dly) the suit it self. The Preface is exceeding solemn, for beside the common use of this word behold, in other places to excite attention, or exaggerate and put weight into an affirmation;1 it stands here as a Judicious Expositor notes, as a term of notification, or public record, wherein Christ takes witness of the most gracious offer he was now about to make to their souls, and will have it stand in perpetuam rei memoriam, as a testimony for or against their souls to all Eternity, to cut off all excuses and pretences for time to come.