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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.
1. Who are Gods Witnesses to all Gospel tenders? 2. What are the object matters they witness to? 3. Why God records every offer of Christ, and takes witness thereof?
First, Who are Gods Witnesses to all the tenders and offers made of Christ by the Gospel, and they will be found to be more than a strict legal number; for
1. His Ministers by whom he makes them are all Witnesses as well as Officers of Christ to the People, Acts 26. 16. I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a Minister and a Witness. Here you see Ministers have a double office to propose and offer Christ, and then to bear witness for or against those to whom he is thus offered: They are expressly called Gods Witnesses, Rev. 11. 6, 7. Their labours witness, their sufferings witness, their solemn appeals to God witness, yea, the very dust of their feet shaken off against the refusers of Christ, turns to a testimony against them; Mark 6. 11. Every groan and sigh, every drop of sweat, much more of blood, are placed in Gods Book as Marginal Notes by all their Sermons and Prayers, and will be produced and read in the great day against all the refusers and despisers of Christ.
1. His Ministers by whom he makes them are all Witnesses as well as Officers of Christ to the People, Acts 26. 16. I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a Minister and a Witness. Here you see Ministers have a double office to propose and offer Christ, and then to bear witness for or against those to whom he is thus offered: They are expresly called Gods Witnesses,