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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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IV. Direction.
Get right and true apprehensions of the Moral Evil that is in sin, and of the Penal Evil that follows sin: then no Temptation shall prevail with you to commit a sin, to escape a present trouble, or neglect a known duty, to accommodate any earthly interest, and consequently to hold no truth of God in unrighteousness. 'Tis fear of Loss and Sufferings that so often overbears Conscience, but if men were once made throughly sensible, that the least sin is worse for them than the greatest affliction or suffering; the peace of Conscience would be well secured. And that this is really so, appears thus;
Get right and true apprehensions of the Moral Evil that is in sin, and of the Paenal Evil that follows sin: then no Temptation shall prevail with you to commit a sin, to escape a present trouble, or neglect a known duty, to accommodate any earthly interest, and consequently to hold no truth of God in unrighteousness. 'Tis fear of Loss and Sufferings that so often overbears Conscience, but if men were once made throughly sensible, that the least sin is worse for them than the greatest affliction or suffering; the peace of Conscience would be well secured. And that this is really so, appears thus;