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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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'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, Rom. 1. 14. put under a necessity, 1 Cor. 9 16.
Now Conscience by reason of the Light that shineth into it, feeling it self under such strong bands and necessities, stimulates and urgeth the Soul to Obedience, warns, commands, and presses the Soul to its duty, against the contrary Interests and inclinations of the Flesh: And hence arise those Combats and conflicts in the bosoms of Men; as the struggles of the Child in the Womb at the fullness of time causes the throws and pangs of Travail. Sometimes Conscience prevails, and sometimes Lusts and Corruptions prevail, and that with great difficulty; for 'tis not alike easy to all Men to shake off, or burst the bands of their own Consciences,