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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.
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If your Eyes be not opened to see sin in its vileness, and Christ in his glory, suitableness, and necessity; then sure your Hearts were never ⟨p. 69⟩yet effectually opened by the Gospel. I confess Mens Eyes may be opened to see sin, and yet their Hearts at the same time shut up by unbelief against Christ; but no Mans Heart can be opened to Christ whilst his Eyes are shut, John 6. 40. This is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him may have everlasting life. The work of Faith is always wrought in the light of Conviction; the cure of the Heart begins at the Eye of the Mind, Acts 26. 18. To open their Eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. God opens Mens Hearts by shining into them, 2 Cor. 4. 6. If therefore any Mans Eyes be still blinded with Ignorance, Prejudice, &c. so that he apprehends not his own guilt and misery, nor sees the worth and necessity of a Saviour; that Mans Heart is still under Satan's Lock and Bar, sin is shut in and Christ is shut out of that Mans Soul.
If your Eyes be not opened to see sin in its vileness, and Christ in his glory, suitableness, and necessity; then sure your Hearts were never ⟨p. 69⟩yet effectually opened by the Gospel. I confess Mens Eyes may be opened to see sin, and yet their Hearts at the same time shut up by unbelief against Christ; but no Mans Heart can be opened to Christ whilst his Eyes are shut,