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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.
2. INFER.
What a spur is here to Ministerial diligence and faithfulness? 'Tis an awful work that is under our hands; the effects of the Gospel which we preach will be the savour of life or Death to them that hear us. If the Lord prosper it in our hands, we shall be witnesses for you, it will be an addition to our glory in Heaven, Dan. 12. 3. They that turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the brightness of the Firmament, and as the Stars for ever and ever. ⟨p. 13⟩But if we be Ignorant, Lazy, Men-pleasers, our people will come in as swift Witnesses against us, and their blood will be required at our hands; it will be an intolerable aggravation to our misery in Hell, to have any that sat under our Ministry thus upbraiding us! O cruel man! thou sawest my soul in danger, and never dealt faithfully and plainly with me; the same time and breath which was spent in idle and worldly discourse, might have been instrumental to have saved me from this place of torment. Let Ministers consider themselves as Witnesses for God, and their People as Witnesses for or against them; and under that consideration, so study, preach and pray, that they may with Paul take God to record, that they are free from the blood of all men; no sort of men upon earth have more spurs to diligence and faithfulness than we have.
What a spur is here to Ministerial diligence and faithfulness? 'Tis an awful work that is under our hands; the effects of the Gospel which we preach will be the savour of life or Death to them that hear us. If the Lord prosper it in our hands, we shall be witnesses for you, it will be an addition to our glory in Heaven, Dan. 12. 3. They that turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the brightness of the Firmament, and as the Stars for ever and ever.