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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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Third Inference.
From this Spiritual Presence of Christ all his faithful Ministers should draw encouragement amidst the manifold difficulties and discouragements, they daily encounter, in his Work and Service. Christ is with them, they Work in Fellowship with him, let them not be dismayed.
From this Spiritual Presence of Christ all his faithful Ministers should draw incouragement amidst the manifold difficulties and discouragements, they dayly encounter, in his Work and Service. Christ is with them, they Work in Fellowship with him, let them not be dismaid.
The difficulties and discouragements the Ministers of Christ meet with are great and many; and the more faithful and successful any of them are in their Masters Work, the fiercer opposition they must expect: Besides all the discouragements rising out of their own Hearts, which are not a few, they must encounter.
First, The opposition of Enemies from abroad. Secondly, The obstinacy and stubbornness of the Hearts they work upon; Satan is a jealous Prince, and will raise all manner of outcries and oppositions against those heavenly Heralds, that come to Proclaim a new Prince in his Dominions, and withdraw his miserable Subjects from their cursed Allegiance to him. What is it to Preach the Gospel (said Luther) but to derive