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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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(2.) God hath afforded Men a more clear and excellent Light to shine into their Minds and Consciences; even the Light of the Gospel, which compared with the Light of Natural Reason, is as the Light of the Sun to the dim Moonlight, Psal. 147. 20. He showeth his word to Jacob, his Statutes and ⟨p. 11⟩his Judgments to Israel; he hath not dealt so with any Nation, and for his Judgments they have not known them, Praise ye the Lord. Every Creature hath the Name of God engraven on it, but he hath magnified his Word above all his Name, Psal. 138. 2. God who best knows the rate and value of his own Mercies, accounts this a singular favour and privilege to any Nation. Without Revelation, we could never have known the cause of our Misery, the fall of Adam, or the only way and means of our recovery by Christ: By this a People are lifted up to Heaven, Matth. 11. 21. in respect of means and advantages of Salvation; and consequently the contempt or neglect of such Light and Love, will certainly plunge the guilty into proportionable misery. John 3. 19. This is the condemnation that Light is come into the World, and Men love Darkness rather than Light.
(2.) God hath afforded Men a more clear and excellent Light to shine into their Minds and Consciences; even the Light of the Gospel, which compared with the Light of Natural Reason, is as the Light of the Sun to the dim Moonlight, Psal. 147. 20. He sheweth his word to Iacob, his Statutes and ⟨p. 11⟩his Iudgments to Israel; he hath not dealt so with any Nation, and for his Iudgments they have not known them, Praise ye the Lord. Every Creature hath the Name of God engraven on it, but he hath magnified his Word above all his Name, Psal. 138. 2. God who best knows the rate and value of his own Mercies, accounts this a singular favour and priviledge to any Nation. Without Revelation, we could never have known the cause of our Misery, the fall of Adam, or the only way and means of our recovery by Christ: By this a People are lifted up to Heaven,