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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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Fifth Inference.
Is Christ Present in his Ordinances, what a strong engagement then lies upon you all, to attend and wait assiduously upon the Ministry of the Word, and to bring all yours, that are capable, there to wait upon Christ with you? We read in the days of Christs flesh, when he performed his miraculous Cures upon the Sick, what thronging there was after him; how Parents brought their Children, Masters their Servants, pressing in multitudes, untiling the House to let down their Sick to him, Luke 12. 1. Ah, shall Men be so earnest for a Cure for their Bodies, and so indifferent for their Souls? 'Tis true, the Spirit of Christ is not tied by any necessity to act always with the World; he acts as an arbitrary Agent, John 13. 8. The Wind bloweth where it listeth: but it is engagement enough to wait continually upon his Ordinances, that he sometimes graciously and effectually concurreth with them. 'Tis good to lye in the way of the Spirit, and there is a blessing pronounced upon them that wait continually at his Gates, Prov. 8. 34. Oh therefore neglect no season within your reach, who knows but that may be the season of Life to thy Soul?
Is Christ Present in his Ordinances, what a strong engagement then lyes upon you all, to attend and wait assiduously upon the Ministry of the Word, and to bring all yours, that are capable, there to wait upon Christ with you? We read in the days of Christs flesh, when he performed his miraculous Cures upon the Sick, what thronging there was after him; how Parents brought their Children, Masters their Servants, pressing in multitudes, untyling the House to let down their Sick to him,