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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
Appendix › DOCTRINE. › Instance 3 › Instance 1: I. Instance.
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I. Instance.
And first let me Instance in that sin of Defrauding, and going beyond others in our civil Commerce and Dealings with them; over-reaching, cozening, and cheating the ignorant or unwary, who it may be would not be so unwary as they are, did they not repose trust and confidence in your deceitful words and promises. Conscience cannot but startle at such sins, the very Light of Nature discovers the evil of it, and the sober Heathen abhor it; but we that live under the Gospel cannot but feel some terror and trembling in our Consciences when we read such a severe and awful prohibition backed with such a dreadful threatening as that is in 1 Thes. 4. 6. That no man defraud or go beyond his brother in any matter, because that the Lord is the Avenger of all such. The word is, [Greek or Hebrew], that no man overtop, viz. by power or by craft and policy. To this sin a dreadful threatening is annexed, the Lord is the Avenger of all such. The word is [Greek or Hebrew], but once more that I remember used in the New Testament, Rom. 13. 4. and is there applied to the Civil Magistrate, he must see Execution done upon Malefactors, but here, the Lord himself will do it, he will be this mans Avenger. This Rod, or rather this Axe, Conscience shows men, and gives ⟨p. 28⟩warning of the danger, and yet its Convictions are overpowered and bound as Prisoners, by
And first let me Instance in that sin of Defrauding, and going beyond others in our civil Commerce and Dealings with them; over-reaching, cozening, and cheating the ignorant or unwary, who it may be would not be so unwary as they are, did they not repose trust and confidence in your deceitful words and promises. Conscience cannot but startle at such sins, the very Light of Nature discovers the evil of it, and the sober Heathen abhor it; but we that live under the Gospel cannot but feel some terror and trembling in our Consciences when we read such a severe and awful prohibition back'd with such a dreadful threatening as that is in