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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.
5. INFER.
Hence it likewise follows, that the case of the Pagan world will be easier in the day of Judgment, than theirs that live and dye unregenerate and disobedient under the Gospel of Christ. There are more Witnesses prepared, and Records filed against the day of your account, than can possibly be against them; they have abused but one talent, the light of nature; but we thousands, even as many thousands as we have had opportunities and calls under the Gospel. Upon this account Christ saith, Matth. 10. 14, 15. Whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, shake off the dust ⟨p. 16⟩of your feet. Verily, I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of Judgment, than for that City.
Hence it likewise follows, that the case of the Pagan world will be easier in the day of Iudgment, than theirs that live and dye unregenerate and disobedient under the Gospel of Christ. There are more Witnesses prepared, and Records filed against the day of your account, than can possibly be against them; they have abused but one talent, the light of nature; but we thousands, even as many thousands as we have had opportunities and calls under the Gospel. Upon this account Christ saith, Matth. 10. 14, 15. Whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, shake off the dust ⟨p. 16⟩of your feet. Verily, I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of Iudgment, than for that City.