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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.
VII. Motive.
Obedience to Convictions will not only produce peace at Death, but it will give you present ease, present relief and refreshment in hand: No sooner did David resolve to obey the voice of his Conscience, in confessing his sin; but he had sensible ease in his own Spirit, Psal. 32. 5. So Isa. 32. 17. the fruit of Righteousness is peace, quietness, and assurance for ever: On the contrary, you find in Job 20. 20. Wicked Men have no quietness in their Bellies, that is, in their Consciences: For Guilt lies boking there as a Thorn doth in the Flesh: And what is Life worth without ease? To live ever in pain, to live upon the Rack, is not worth while to live: If then you love ease and quietness, obey your Consciences: Pull out that Thorn, I mean that Sin that sticks fast in thy Soul, and aches in thy Conscience: Who would endure so much anguish for all the flattering pleasures of sin?
Obedience to Convictions will not only produce peace at Death, but it will give you present ease, present relief and refreshment in hand: No sooner did David resolve to obey the voice of his Conscience, in confessing his sin; but he had sensible ease in his own Spirit, Psal. 32. 5. So Isa. 32. 17. the fruit of Righteousness is peace, quietness, and assurance for ever: On the contrary, you find in