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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
Letter: EPISTOLA Dilectissimis, & in Christo prequam Reverendis Evangelii Ministris; nunc demum…
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.
Sub Sole vernalitellus velut parens benignissima sinus suos recludit, herbas varias expromit, prata florum ⟨image 6⟩copia condecorat, Arbours prioribus viduatae, novis frondibus see induunt: pulso frigore, aer tepet; pecudes ubera tumentia domum referunt, Avia tunc Avibus resonant virgulta Canoris. Virgil. revirescunt, & rident omnia. Tempus quidem propitium, beneficum; & rebus omnibus, praecipue viventibus mirifice commodum ac amicum.
Sub Sole vernalitellus velut parens benignissima sinus suos recludit, herbas varias expromit, prata florum ⟨image 6⟩copia condecorat, Arbores prioribus viduatae, novis frondibus se induunt: pulso frigore, aer tepet; pecudes ubera tumentia domum referunt, Avia tunc Avibus resonant virgulta Canoris. Virgil. revirescunt, & rident omnia. Tempus quidem propitium, beneficum; & rebus omnibus, praecipue viventibus mirifice commodum ac amicum.
Quae omnia a Brightmanno nostro, summa, quidem industria, ac miro ingenii acumine accommodantur insigni isti temporis periodo, qua Cyrus Edictum suum (nunquam satis laudandum) de liberando populo emittebat. Consimilis providentiae radii animantes, veluti Sol Arietem ingrediens, nos semi-mortuos revirescere fecerunt.
Non nos latet; (adhuc enim crudescunt vulnera) quam dura & acerba ⟨image 6⟩a multis retro annis conscientiae causa sustinuimus; heu! quae non vidimus! quae non perpessi fuimus indigna! Durante hac hyeme aspera, tristi, & omnimodo molesta, vi••imus aequora horridis tumentia procellis; quibus aliqui territi ac attoniti, cuilibet vento vela dedere. Vidimus Arbores tam fructu, quam forma aliis praecellentes, nimbosis ventis prosternatas: alias sine fructu vel fronde quasi sideratas. Montes crebris pruinis albicantes, flumina glacie concrescentia, terras nivibus obrutas, imo sepultas. Alituum pecudumque greges famelicos undique dispersos, & angustiis pressos. Aucupes astutos retia sua non fine successu dispandentes. Ut verbo absolvam, vidimus eheu! Ecclesiam Christi propriis pennis transfixam. Rempublicam legibus fundatam legibus fere subversam, inauspicata omnia, & in deterius indies vergentia.