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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.
(1) The inward pains and troubles of Spirit attending the New-Birth; which they have read and heard of, and seen the effects of in others. Oh 'tis a dreadful thing to lye under the Terrors that many have felt, and so 'tis with them as with one that hath a bone ill set, who if he have any ease, will rather endure a little daily pain, and be content to halt all his Life, than undergo the pain of another fraction or dislocation in order to a perfect cure.
(1) The inward pains and troubles of Spirit attending the New-Birth; which they have read and heard of, and seen the effects of in others. Oh 'tis a dreadful thing to lye under the Terrors that many have felt, and so 'tis with them as with one that hath a bone ill set, who if he have any ease, will rather endure a little dayly pain, and be content to halt all his Life, than undergoe the pain of another fraction or dislocation in order to a perfect cure.
(2) They are afraid of External Sufferings. The form of Godliness leaves men a latitude to take or leave according as the times favour or frown upon the ways of Religion, but the power of Godliness that will engage and put them beyond retreat: They must then stand to it, come what will. But Soul let me tell thee if the just fears and apprehensions of Hell, and the Eternal Wrath of God were upon thee, to which thy Hypocrisy and formality will ⟨p. 19⟩expose thee; all these fears of inward or outward troubles would vanish the same Hour.
(2) They are afraid of External Sufferings. The form of Godliness leaves men a latitude to take or leave according as the times favour or frown upon the wayes of Religion, but the power of Godliness that will engage and put them beyond retreat: They must then stand to it, come what will. But Soul let me tell thee if the just fears and apprehensions of Hell, and the Eternal Wrath of God were upon thee, to which thy Hypocrisie and formality will ⟨p. 19⟩