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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
Appendix: AN APPENDIX To the Foregoing TREATISE FROM ROMANS 1. 18.
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.
This hath put me upon a serious search what may be the cause and reason of this fixed and unreasonable obstinacy, and in this it seems evidently to lye, with most that live in an unregenerate state under the Gospel; that they put a force upon their own Consciences, and do imprison and hold the Truth in unrighteousness, though the Wrath of God be revealed from Heaven against all that do so.
If by this Discourse I can but set truth at Liberty, and loose the Lords Prisoners which lye bound in your Souls. I shall not doubt but the value of Christ will quickly rise among you, and free Convictions will make the work of your Ministers much more easy and successful than they now find it. 'Tis hardly imaginable but the things you have heard must leave your Souls under Convictions, but if you suppress and stifle them, they produce nothing but aggravations of Sin and Misery. Now in order to the free and effectual working of all your Convictions, and begetting that reverence ⟨p. 3⟩which is due to them from every Soul, as to the Voice of God, I have chosen this Scripture, the scope and sense whereof I shall next give you.
If by this Discourse I can but set truth at Liberty, and loose the Lords Prisoners which lye bound in your Souls. I shall not doubt but the value of Christ will quickly rise among you, and free Convictions will make the work of your Ministers much more easie and successful than they now find it. 'Tis hardly imaginable but the things you have heard must leave your Souls under Convictions, but if you suppress and stifle them, they produce nothing but aggravations of Sin and Misery. Now in order to the free and effectual working of all your Convictions, and begetting that reverence ⟨p. 3⟩which is due to them from every Soul, as to the Voice of God, I have chosen this Scripture, the scope and sense whereof I shall next give you.