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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.
Thirdly, we shall in the last place inquire into the grounds and reasons of these Judicial procedures of God, why he will have every mans obedience and disobedience Registered and Witnessed for or against him under Gospel administrations; and there are two weighty reasons thereof.
Thirdly, we shall in the last place inquire into the grounds and reasons of these Judicial procedures of God, why he will have every mans obedience and disobedience Registred and Witnessed for or against him under Gospel administrations; and there are two weighty reasons thereof.
First,1 that wherever the end of the Gospel is attained in the Conversion of any soul, that soul, and all that were instrumentally employed about the salvation of it, may have their proper reward and comfort in the great day, 2 Cor. 1. 14. As also you have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. This will be matter of joy unspeakable, both to you that shall receive, and to them that shall give such a comfortable testimony for you. Oh the joyful congratulations that will be in that day between Laborious Faithful Ministers, and their Believing Obedient Hearers! Lord, this was the blessed instrument of my happy Illumination and Conversion; though ⟨p. 11⟩I might have ten thousand Instructors in Christ, yet not many Fathers; for by the blessing of thy Spirit upon this mans Ministry, my Soul was begotten to Christ. And on the other side, Lord, these are the Souls for whom I travelled as in birth until Christ was formed in them. 'Tis a glorious thing to say as the Prophet, Here am I, and the children God hath given me.
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