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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.
2. The suit it self, wherein we have 1. The Suitor, Jesus Christ. 2. His posture and action; I stand at the door and knock. 3. The suit it self, which is for opening, If any man open.
1. The Suitor Christ himself, I stand; I that have a right of Sovereignty over you; I that have shed my invaluable blood to purchase you, and might justly condemn you upon the first denial ⟨p. 4⟩or demur, behold I stand, this is the Suitor.
2. His posture and action, I stand at the door and knock; 1the word is in the Preter Tense, I have stood, but being here joined with another Verb of the Present Tense, it is fitly translated, I stand, yet so as that it notes a continued action. I have stood and do still stand with unwearied patience; I once stood personally and bodily among you in the days of my flesh, and I still stand spiritually and representatively in my Ambassadors at the door, (i. e.) the mind and conscience, the faculties and powers which are introductive into the whole soul.
2. His posture and action, I stand at the door and knock; 1the word is in the Preter Tense, I have stood, but being here joyned with another Verb of the Present Tense, it is fitly translated, I stand, yet so as that it notes a continued action. I have stood and do still stand with unwearied patience; I once stood personally and bodily among you in the days of my flesh, and I still stand spiritually and representatively in my Ambassadors at the door, (i. e.) the mind and conscience, the faculties and powers which are introductive into the whole soul.