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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
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4. The examples of all those that do believe and obey the Gospel, are so many Witnesses for God against the despisers and neglecters of the ⟨p. 8⟩great Salvation. Every mourning trembling Soul among you is a Witness against all the dead hearted, unbelieving, disobedient ones, that sit with them under the same ordinances. Hence it is said, 1 Cor. 6. 7. Know ye not that the Saints shall judge the World? They shall be Assessors with Christ in the great day, and condemn the world by their examples, as Noah did the old world; and thus Matth. 21. 32. John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not, but the Publicans and Harlots believed him, and ye when ye had seen it, repented not afterward that ye might believe him. q. d. What shift did you make to quiet your consciences, and stifle your convictions, when you saw Publicans the worst of men, and Harlots the worst of women, repenting, believing and hungering after Christ! Their examples shall be your Judges. These are Gods Witnesses.
Secondly, Next let us consider what are the object matters unto which they give their testimony, and that will be found two-fold, according to the two-fold event the Gospel hath upon them that hear it: of both which, the Apostle gives us this account, 2 Cor. 2. 16. Unto some we are the savour of life unto life, and unto others the savour of death unto death. Accordingly a double Record is made,
Secondly, Next let us consider what are the object matters unto which they give their testimony, and that will be found two-fold, according to the two-fold event the Gospel hath upon them that hear it: of both which, the Apostle gives us this account,