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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.
DOCTRINE.
That the wrath of God is dreadfully incensed against all those that live in any course of Sin, against the light and dictates of their own Consciences.
Sins of Ignorance provoke the Wrath of God, yet are they not of so heinous a nature as sins against light and Conviction are, nor shall they be punished so severely, Luk. 12. 47. That servant which knew his Lords will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. It excuses a tanto in some measure, when a man can say, Lord, had I known this to be a sin, I would not have done it, but when the Conscience is convinced, and strives to keep us from such an act or course of sinful actions, and we stop our Ears against its Voice and Warnings; here is an high and horrid Contempt of God and his Law, and gives the sin a Scarlet Dye or Tincture. Sins of Ignorance cannot compare with such sins as these, Joh. 3. 19. Joh. 15. 22. To open this Point, let me.
Sins of Ignorance provoke the Wrath of God, yet are they not of so heinous a nature as sins against light and Conviction are, nor shall they be punished so severely,