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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. Demand.
Did thy Conscience never meet thee in the way of Sin, as the Angel of the Lord met Balaam with a drawn Sword, brandishing the threatenings of God against thee? Did it not say to thee as a Captain once said to his Soldiers about to retreat, he cast himself down in their way, saying, if you go this way, you shall go over your Captain: You shall trample him first under your feet: Stop Soul, stop, said thy Conscience; this and that Word of God is against thee: If thou proceed, thou must trample upon the Sovereign Authority of God in this or that Command; yet thy impetuous Lusts have hurried thee forward: Thou wouldst not fairly debate the case with thy Conscience, and then did not thy Conscience say to thee, as Reuben spake to his Brethren, Gen. 42. 22. Spake I not unto you saying, do not sin against the child, but you would not hear; therefore also his blood is required of you: If this have been your course of sinning, verily you are the persons that have held the Truths of God in Unrighteousness, and against you the Wrath of God is revealed from Heaven.
Did thy Conscience never meet thee in the way of Sin, as the Angel of the Lord met Balaam with a drawn Sword, brandishing the threatnings of God against thee? Did it not say to thee as a Captain once said to his Soldiers about to retreate, he cast himself down in their way, saying, if you go this way, you shall go over your Captain: You shall trample him first under your feet: Stop Soul, stop, said thy Conscience; this and that Word of God is against thee: If thou proceed, thou must trample upon the Soveraign Authority of God in this or that Command; yet thy impetuous Lusts have hurried thee forward: Thou wouldst not fairly debate the case with thy Conscience, and then did not thy Conscience say to thee, as Ruben spake to his Brethren,