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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.
1. INFERENCE.
First, The undoubted certainty of a day of Judgment, is hence evinced. To what purpose else are ⟨p. 12⟩Records made, and Witnesses taken, but with respect to an Audit day; this is a truth sealed upon the consciences of the very Heathens, Rom. 2. 15. their consciences bear witness. But in vain are all these Records made, unless there be a day to produce and plead them, and of that day the Prophet Daniel speaks, Dan. 7. 10. The Judgment was set, and the Books were opened. And again, Rev. 20. 12. And I saw the Dead small and great stand before God, and the Books were opened, and another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life, and the Dead were judged out of those things which were written in the Books according to their works.
First, The undoubted certainty of a day of Iudgment, is hence evinced. To what purpose else are ⟨p. 12⟩Records made, and Witnesses taken, but with respect to an Audit day; this is a truth sealed upon the consciences of the very Heathens, Rom. 2. 15. their consciences bear witness. But in vain are all these Records made, unless there be a day to produce and plead them, and of that day the Prophet Daniel speaks, Dan. 7. 10. The Iudgment was set, and the Books were opened. And again,