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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.
1. To Preserve and Support his Ministers and Churches amidst such Hosts of potent and enraged Enemies: This Presence of Christ is as a wall of Fire round about them. It was the Divine Presence with Jeremiah that was as a Life-Guard to him, against the rage of the Princes ⟨p. 34⟩and Nobles of Israel, Jer. 15. 20, 21. I will make thee unto this People a fenced brazen Wall, and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee, for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord: And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
1. To Preserve and Support his Ministers and Churches amidst such Hosts of potent and enraged Enemies: This Presence of Christ is as a wall of Fire round about them. It was the Divine Presence with Ieremiah that was as a Life-Guard to him, against the rage of the Princes ⟨p. 34⟩and Nobles of Israel, Jer. 15. 20, 21. I will make thee unto this People a fenced brazen Wall, and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee, for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord: And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
It was easier for the Roman Army to scale the Walls, and batter down the Towers of Jerusalem, than for all the Enemies in Jerusalem to destroy this Prophet of God thus immured by the Divine Presence. Athanasius and Luther had the Power of the Empire engaged against them, yet the Presence of Christ was their security. The Witnesses could not be slain till they had finished their Testimony, Rev. 11. 7