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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 6: VI. Instance.
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In all these Instances you see how common this dreadful evil of holding the truth in unrighteousness is; yet these are but a few selected from among many.
(5.) In the next place I am obliged to show, how and why the imprisoning of Convictions, or holding the Truths of God in Unrighteousness, so dreadfully incenseth his Wrath. And this it doth upon several accounts:
(5.) In the next place I am obliged to shew, how and why the imprisoning of Convictions, or holding the Truths of God in Unrighteousness, so dreadfully incenseth his Wrath. And this it doth upon several accounts:
(1.) Knowledge and Conviction of sin is an excellent means, or choice help to preserve Men from falling into sin: There be Thousands of sins committed in the World, which had never been committed, if Men had known them to be sins, before they committed them. Every Sinner durst not make so bold with his Conscience as you have done. The Apostle tells us the reason why the Princes of this World crucified the Lord of Glory, was, because they knew him not, 1 Cor. 2. 8. Had they known him, they would not have dared to do as they did. And so it is in multitudes of lower and lesser sins than that, Satan mops their Eyes with Ignorance, then uses their Hands and Tongues in Wickedness; he is the Ruler of the darkness of the World: Eph. 6. 12. But when Men do know this or that to be sin, and yet venture on it, here an excellent Antidote against sin is turned into a dreadful aggravation of sin, which highly incenses the Wrath of God.