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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
Sermon 3 › DOCTRINE. › Bar 5: Fifth Bar.Sermon 3 › DOCTRIN. › Bar 5: Fifth Bar.
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.
Fifth Bar.
The Fifth Bar opposing and resisting Christs entrance into the Soul is the sin of Presumption; this is the sin that parts Christ and thousands of Souls in the World; presuming, they hope, and hoping, they perish; when Men presume their condition is safe already, their Souls never make out after a Saviour. This was the ruin of Laodicea, Rev. 3. 17. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. This damning presumption is discovered in three things, (1) Many think they have that grace which they have not, mistaking the Similar for the saving Works of the Spirit; a fatal mistake never rectified with many thousands till it be too late. (2) They presume to find that mercy in God, which they will never find; for all the saving mercies of God are dispensed to Men through Christ in the way of Regeneration and Faith, Jude vers. 21. (3) They presume upon that time for Repentance and Faith hereafter, which their Eyes shall never see. And thus presumption locks up the Heart against Christ, and leaves sinners perishing in the presence of a Saviour. They make a bridge of their own shadow and so perish in the Waters.
The Fifth Bar opposing and resisting Christs entrance into the Soul is the sin of Presumption; this is the sin that parts Christ and thousands of Souls in the World; presuming, they hope, and hoping, they perish; when Men presume their condition is safe already, their Souls never make out after a Saviour. This was the ruine of Laodicea,