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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
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.
Hisce praemissis.
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Laetemur libertate nostra laetitia debit temperata, laetitia dico, suis ponderibus aeque librata; & utrinque munita, peccatorum sc. praeteritorum moestitia, nec non futurorum metu. Legimus Jer. XXIX. 12. de voce gemitus ac fletus qua sub tempus liberationis agnoscerent fideles pristina sua peccata; quibus Deum lacessiverant; & eadem emollitis cordibus ex animis lugerent. Et quam congrua fuit vox ista Ecclesiae, vel ad jacta fundamenta redivivi Templi? vox laeta vociferation, ac uberi fletu aequaliter mista, Ezra III. 10. Multi flebant vace magna, multi vociferatione ex laetitia efferebant vocem; ita ut populus non internosceret sonum vociferationis ex laetitia, a voce fletus populi. Nec pudet sanctos lapsus sui & dedecoris ad gloriam Dei ⟨image 10⟩meminisse; nihil enim nobis decedit, quod cedit in illius honorem. Venustae admodum & amabiles conspectu suo erunt facies nostrae, cum lachrymas plorantes gratulabundis lachrymis supervenientes viderit! veri poenitentis est flere commissa, ne flenda committeret.
Laetemur libertate nostra laetitia debite temperata, laetitia dico, suis ponderibus aeque librata; & utrinque munita, peccatorum sc. praeteritorum moestitia, nec non futurorum metu. Legimus