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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.
DOCT.
That Jesus Christ is truly present with men in his Ordinances, and hath to do with them, and they with him; though he be not visible to their carnal Eyes.
That Iesus Christ is truly present with men in his Ordinances, and hath to do with them, and they with him; though he be not visible to their carnal Eyes.
Thus runs the promise, Matth. 18. 20. Where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the midst of them. The middle place was the Seat of the President in the Jewish assemblies, where he might equally hear and be heard of all. So will I be in the midst of the Assemblies of the Faithful, met together in my Name and Authority, to bless, guide and protect them. Hence the Church is called the place of his Feet, Isa. 16. 13. a manifest allusion to the Ark, called Gods Footstool, Psal. 99. 5. and agreeably hereunto, Christ is said to walk among the Seven golden Candlesticks, Revel. 2. 1. There are the Spiritual walks of Christ, there his converses and communion with Men: And this presence of Christ was not the peculiar privileges of the first Churches, but is common to all the ⟨p. 26⟩Churches of the Saints to the end of the World, as appears by that glorious promise comfortably so extended with the Church from first to last;