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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
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2ly, You have made many assurances to secure your floating Estates, which you call Policies; but what assurance have you gotten for your Souls? Are not they exposed to eternal hazards? O impolitic man! To be so provident to secure trifles, and so negligent in securing the richest treasure.
2ly, You have made many assurances to secure your floating Estates, which you call Policies; but what assurance have you gotten for your Souls? Are not they exposed to eternal hazards? O impolitick man! To be so provident to secure trifles, and so negligent in securing the richest treasure.
3ly, You have adjusted many accounts with men, but who shall make up your accounts with God, if you be Christless? What shall it profit a man to gain the whole World, and lose his own Soul? Matth. 16. 26. Say not you have much business under your Hands, and cannot allow time; you will have space enough hereafter to reflect upon your folly.
Secondly, You that are poor and mean in the World, what say you, Will you have two Hells, one here, and another hereafter? No comfort in this World, nor hope for the next? Your expectations here laid in the dust, and your hopes for Heaven built upon the sand? O, if you were once in Christ, how happy were you, though you knew not where to fetch your next bread! Poor in the World, but rich in faith; and heirs of the Kingdom which God hath promised, James 2. 5. O blessed state! If you had Christ, you had then a right to all things, I Cor. 3. 22, 23. You had then a Father to take care for you: but to be poor, and Christless; no comfort from this World, nor hopes from the next; this is to be truly miserable indeed. Your very straights and wants should prompt you to the great duty I am now pressing on you; and methinks it should be