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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
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Fourthly, 'Tis the Spiritual Presence of Christ in his Churches and Ordinances that gives them their Continuance and Stability; when ever the Spirit of Christ departs from them it will not be long before they depart from us; or if they should not, their continuance will be little to our advantage. When the Glory of the Lord once dismounted from betwixt the Cherubims, when that sad voice was heard in the Temple, migremus hinc, let us go hence, how soon was both City and Temple made a desolation! And truly Christ's Presence is not so fixed to any Place, or any Ordinances, but the sins of the people may banish it away, Rev. 2. 5. Who will tarry in any place longer than he is welcome, if he have any where else to go?
Fourthly, 'Tis the Spiritual Presence of Christ in his Churches and Ordinances that gives them their Continuance and Stability; when ever the Spirit of Christ departs from them it will not be long before they depart from us; or if they should not, their continuance will be little to our advantage. When the Glory of the Lord once dismounted from betwixt the Cherubims, when that sad voice was heard in the Temple, migremus hinc, let us go hence, how soon was both City and Temple made a desolation! And truly Christ's Presence is not so fixed to any Place, or any Ordinances, but the sins of the people may banish it away, Rev. 2. 5. Who will tarry in any place longer than he is welcom, if he have any where else to go?
But more particularly, let us here discuss these two points,
I. How it appears Christ is thus Spiritually Present with his Churches and Ordinances?