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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.
Diu direque in hoc malorum pelago agitati fuimus. Juvenes inibamus, Senes emergimus; idem nobis evenit quod in obsidione Tyri recordatur, Ezek. XXIX. 18. Omne caput decalvatum, & omnis humerus depilatus est. Attamen haec omnia molesta potius quam miranda illi videntur, qui serio perpendit verba fatidica magni Apostoli, 1 Tim. III. 1. [Greek or Hebrew].1 De quibus temporibus formidolosis ita Lactantius, Propinquante igitur hujus seculi termino, humanarum rerum statum commutari necesse est; & in deterius nequitia in valescente prolabi: ut etiam nostra haec tempor a quibus iniquitas & malitia usque ad summum gradum crevit, in illius tamen insanabilis mali comparationem foelicia & prope aurea possint judicari. Ita enim justitia rarescet, ita impietas & avaritia, & cupiditas, & libido crebrescent, ut si qui tum forte fuerint boni, praedae sint sceleratis, ac divexentur undique ab injustis. ⟨image 7⟩Soli autem mali opulenti sint, boni vero in omnibus contumeliis atque in egestate jactentur. Confundetur omne jus, & leges interibunt, nihil quisquam tune habebit nisi aut male quaesitum, aut manu defensum, audacia & vi omnia possidebunt. Non fides in hominibus, non pax, non humanitas, non pudor, non veritas erit, atque ita securitas, neque reginem, neque requies a malis ulla; omnis enim terra tumultuabitur, frement ubique bella. Omnes gentes in armis erunt, & seinvicem oppugnabunt. Civitates inter se finitimae preliabuntur; tunc per agrabit clades orbem, metens omnia, & tanquam messem cuncta prosternans: cujus vastitatis & confusionis haec erit causa, quod Romanum nomen quo nunc regitur Orbis, (horret animus dicere, sed dicendum, quia futurum est) tolletur de terra.
Diu direque in hoc malorum pelago agitati fuimus. Juvenes inibamus, Senes emergimus; idem nobis evenit quod in obsidione Tyri recordatur, Ezek. XXIX. 18. Omne caput decalvatum, & omnis humerus depilatus est. Attamen haec omnia molesta potius quam miranda illi videntur, qui serio perpendit verba fatidica magni Apostoli,