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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.
England hath now a day of special Mercy: There is a wide door of opportunity opened to it; O that it might prove an effectual door! 'Tis transporting and astonishing, that after all the high and horrid provocations, the Atheism, Profaneness, and bitter enmity against Light and Reformation; this sweet Voice is still heard in England, Behold, I stand at the door and knock. The Mercies and Liberties of this day are a new Trial obtained for us by our potent Advocate in the Heavens: If we bring forth fruit, well, if not, the Axe lieth at ⟨image 3⟩the root of the Tree. Let us not be secure. Jerusalem was the City of the great King: The seat of his Worship and Symbols of his presence were fixed there. It was the joy of the whole Earth; the House of Prayer for all Nations; thither the Tribes went up to Worship; the Tribes of the Lord, unto the Testimony of Israel. For there were set Thrones of Judgment, the Thrones of the House of David, Psal. 122. 4, 5. These privileges she enjoyed through the succession of many Ages, and had remained the glory of all Nations to this day, had she known, and improved, in that day the things that belonged to her peace; but they neglected their season, rejected their mercies, and miserably perished in their sins: for there ever was, and will be found, an inseparable connection betwixt the final rejection of Christ, and the destruction of the Rejecters, Matth. 22. 5, 6, 7. The contemplation whereof drew those compassionate Tears from the Redeemers eyes, when he beheld it in his descent from the Mount of Olives, Luke 19. 41, 42.
England hath now a day of special Mercy: There is a wide door of opportunity opened to it; O that it might prove an effectual door! 'Tis transporting and astonishing, that after all the high and horrid provocations, the Atheism, Prophaness, and bitter enmity against Light and Re•ormation; this sweet Voice is still heard in England, Behold, I stand at the door and knock. The Mercies and Liberties of this day are a new Tryal obtained for us by our potent Advocate in the Heavens: If we bring forth fruit, well, if not, the Ax lieth at ⟨image 3⟩