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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.
V. Consolation.
And then Fifthly, That day wherein thy Heart is savingly opened to receive Christ, that very day is Salvation come to thy Soul. When Zacheus his Heart was opened to Christ, he tells him, Luke 19. 9. This day is Salvation come to thy House. Salvation was come into the World before thou wast born, yea Salvation was come to thy doors in the tenders of the Gospel before, but it never came into thy Soul till the day wherein thy Heart opened to Christ by Faith; and is not this matter of singular consolation? If Salvation be not, what is? No wonder that the Eunuch went home rejoicing when he had received Christ by Faith, Acts 8. 39. That the Jailer rejoiced with ⟨p. 81⟩all his House, Acts 16. 34. Neither blame, nor wonder at Men for rejoicing, for 'tis the day of their Salvation, 'Tis true, their Salvation is not finished that day, there be many things yet to be done and suffered by them before the completing of it; but it is begun that day, the foundation is laid in the Soul that day, and the Top-stone shall be set up with shouting in due time, crying Grace, Grace, unto it.
And then Fifthly, That day wherein thy Heart is savingly opened to receive Christ, that very day is Salvation come to thy Soul. When Zacheus his Heart was opened to Christ, he tells him, Luke 19. 9. This day is Salvation come to thy House. Salvation was come into the World before thou wast born, yea Salvation was come to thy doors in the tenders of the Gospel before, but it never came into thy Soul till the day wherein thy Heart opened to Christ by Faith; and is not this matter of singular consolation? If Salvation be not, what is? No wonder that the Eunuch went home rejoycing when he had received Christ by Faith,