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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.
II. Motive.
Till you let your Convictions go, Satan will not let you go He binds you, whilst you bind them. Here is the Command of God, and the Command of Satan in competition. Let go my Truths, saith God, which thou holdest in unrighteousness; bind and suppress them saith Satan, or they'll deprive thee of the liberty and pleasure of thy Life. Now, whilst thou slightest the voice of God and Conscience (for the voice of Conscience is the voice of God) dost thou not avowedly declare thy self the bond-slave of Satan? His Servants ye are, to whom you obey, Rom. 6. 16. Dare not to make one step further in the way of known sin saith Conscience, continue not at thy Peril in such a dangerous state, after I have so clearly convinced ⟨p. 50⟩and warned thee of it: fear not saith Satan, if it be bad with thee, 'twill be as bad with Millions. God will wound the heads of such as go in their Trespasses saith Scripture, Psal. 68. 21. Tush, others do so, and escape as well as the most nice and tender, saith Satan. Now, I say, thy Obedience to Satan's commands, plainly declares thee, all this while to be a poor enslaved Captive to him, acted and carried according to the Prince of the power of the air, the Spirit that now worketh in the Children of disobedience.
Till you let your Convictions go, Satan will not let you go He binds you, whilst you bind them. Here is the Command of God, and the Command of Satan in competition. Let go my Truths, saith God, which thou holdest in unrighteousness; bind and suppress them saith Satan, or they'll deprive thee of the liberty and pleasure of thy Life. Now, whilst thou slightest the voice of God and Conscience (for the voice of Conscience is the voice of God) dost thou not avowedly declare thy self the bond-slave of Satan? His Servants ye are, to whom you obey,