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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.
V. Inference.
How astonishing and wonderful is the Power and Strength of Sin, which can hold Men fast, after their Eyes are opened to see the Misery and Danger it hath involved them in.
How astonishing and wonderful is the Power and Strength of Sin, which can hold Men fast, after their Eyes are open'd to see the Misery and Danger it hath involved them in.
One would think if a mans eyes were but once ⟨p. 45⟩opened to see the Moral Evil that is in sin, and the Everlasting train of Penal Evils that follow sin; together with a way of escape from both; it should be impossible to hold that sinner a day longer in such a state of Bondage; the work were then as good as done; but alas, we are mistaken; sin can hold those Men and Women fast, that see all this. They know it is an horrid violation of Gods just and holy Laws, they know it brings them under his Wrath and Curse, and will damn them to all Eternity if they continue in it: They know Christ is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, and that he is as willing, as he is able; and yet no Arguments can prevail with them to part with sin. Show but a beast a flame of fire, and you cannot drive him into it, if he see any way to escape it. Tell a man this is rank poison, and will kill you; and you cannot make him swallow it, though wrapped up in Sugar, or put into the most pleasant Vehicle. But let a sinner see death and destruction before him, and sin can make him rush on as a horse into the battle