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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
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VI. Inference.
How dreadful is the State and Case of Apostates, who have had their eyes opened, their Consciences awakened, their Resolutions for Christ seemingly fixed: and yet after all this, return again to their former course of Sin.
You see Brethren, sin hath not only power to hold men in Bondage to its Lusts after their eyes have been opened; but it hath power to recover and fetch back those that seemed to have clean escaped out of its hands, 2 Pet. 2. 18, 19. The unclean Spirit may depart for a time, and make his re-entry into the same soul, with seven Spirits worse than himself. Matth. 12. 43. Restraints by conviction and formality do not wholly dispossess Satan, he still keeps his propriety in the Soul, for he calls it my house, and that propriety he keeps under all those Convictions and partial Reformations opens to him and all his Hellish retinue a door for his return. But oh how doleful will the end of such Men be! and how just is that Martial Law of Heaven, that dooms the Apostate to Eternal Wrath! Heb. 10. 38. Such are 'twice dead, and will be plucked up by the Root,