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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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Eighth Inference.
Is Christ Spiritually present in his Ordinances, oh then what an endeared affection should every gracious Soul bear to the Ordinances of God! They are the walks of Christ and his Spirit; the appointed times and places for your meeting and Communion ⟨p. 44⟩with him; there your Souls first met with Christ, there you began your acquaintance with him; there you have had many sweet converses with him since that day; they were the seed of your regeneration, 1 Pet. 1. 23. The bread of life by which your Souls have been sustained ever since, and therefore to be more esteemed by you than your necessary food, Job 23. 12. Here you have found the richest Cordials to revive and recover your drooping Spirits, when ready to sink away in a faint fit under sin within you and afflictions upon you, Psal. 119. 50. No wonder Davids Soul even fainted for the Courts of God, and that Hezekiah desired a sign on his sick bed, that he should go up to the House of the Lord. Here are the choicest comforts of the Saints upon Earth; all our fresh springs are in Zion, Psal. 87. 7. What a dungeon, what a barren Wilderness were this World without them! Prize the Ordinances, love the Ordinances, wait assiduously upon the Ordinances, and pray for the liberty and efficacy of the Gospel, that it may set no more in your days, nor in the days of your posterity.