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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.
VI. Motive.
What dreadful Charges are you like to meet with upon your death-beds, on the account of those sins you have lived in, against Knowledge and Conviction! Conscience is never more active and vigorous than in the last hours and moments of Life. Now, it will be stifled, and over-ruled no longer. It whispered before, but now it thunders. If a Man have a clear and quiet Conscience, his Evening is clear, and his Sun sets without Clouds, See Psal. 37 37. The end of that man is peace. In Contemplation of this Felicity it was that Balaam uttered ⟨p. 53⟩that wish, let my last end be like his: This peace is the result of a Mans integrity, and Obedience to the voice of Conscience, this being the Evidence, we can most safely rely upon, of our Uprightness, and Interest in Christ, but the result of such violences and abuses to thy Conscience, cannot be peace to thy Soul: 'Tis true, some wicked Men dye in seeming peace, and some good Men in trouble, but both the one and other are mistaken; the first, as to the good Estate he fancies himself in, and the other as to his bad Estate; and a few Moments will clear up the mistakes of both.