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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.
IV. Motive.
Whilst you go on stifling your own Convictions, and turning away your ears from its calls to Repentance and Reformation, you cannot be pardoned. You are in your sins, and the guilt of them all lies at your door. You may see what the Terms of Remission are, Isa. 55. 7. Let the wicked for sake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him turn unto the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, and he will abundantly pardon. So again, Prov. 28. 13. He that hardeneth his neck shall not prosper, but he that confesseth and for saketh shall find mercy. You see by these, and may see by many more plain Scripture Testimonies, there can be no hope of Remission whilst you go on in this path of Rebellion; concealing, yea and persisting in your known wickedness. There is a necessary and inseparable Connection betwixt Repentance and Remission, Acts 5. 31. and Luke 24. 47. And can you endure guilt to be your Bedfellow during Life, and your Grave fellow after Death?
Whilst you go on stifling your own Convictions, and turning away your ears from its calls to Repentance and Reformation, you cannot be pardoned. You are in your sins, and the guilt of them all lies at your door. You may see what the Terms of Remission are, Isa. 55. 7. Let the wicked for sake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him turn unto the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, and he will abundantly pardon. So again,