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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.
(3.) How this Light shining into the Consciences of Men, obligeth them to Obedience, and how Mens Lusts struggle against the Obligations of an enlightened Conscience, is the next thing to be spoken to.
(3.) How this Light shining into the Consciences of Men, obligeth them to Obedience, and how Mens Lusts struggle against the Obligations of an enlightned Conscience, is the next thing to be spoken to.
'Tis manifest and beyond all Controversy, that an enlightened Conscience lays strong and indispensable Obligations and Engagements on the Soul to Obedience: For the Will of God is the Supreme Law, 1 Tim. 6. 15 'tis the Will of the only Potentate the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords: And the promulgation and manifestation of it, so binds the Conscience of the Creature to Obedience, as no Authority or Power on Earth can loose those bands; no Man can grant a supersedeas in this case, or relieve the Soul so bound by a noli prosequi; for Conscience as Gods Vicegerent in his Name requireth Obedience, and the Man that heareth the Voice of God from the Mouth of his own Conscience, presently thereupon becomes a Debtor, Rom. 1. 14. put under a necessity, 1 Cor. 9 16.
'Tis manifest and beyond all Controversie, that an enlightned Conscience lays strong and indispensable Obligations and Engagements on the Soul to Obedience: For the Will of God is the Supream Law, 1 Tim. 6. 15 'tis the Will of the only Potentate the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords: And the promulgation and manifestation of it, so binds the Conscience of the Creature to Obedience, as no Authority or Power on Earth can loose those bands; no Man can grant a supersedeas in this case, or relieve the Soul so bound by a noli prosequi; for Conscience as Gods Vicegerent in his Name requireth Obedience, and the Man that heareth the Voice of God from the Mouth of his own Conscience, presently thereupon becomes a Debtor,