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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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Proinde Fratres in Visceribus Christi enixe postulo,1 ne excidat vobis illud Paulinum, Si fieri […], & quantum in vobis est, cum omnibus hominibus in pace viventes, Rom. XII. 18. Duplex additur limitatio. Prima, Si fieri potest, nempe salva justitia, pietate, ac veritate: Ratio veritatis non est sic habenda, ut pacis cura prorsus ⟨image 11⟩negligatur, nec unitas talis ambienda qua veritas deseratur: sed [Greek or Hebrew], ut ipse loquitur, Eph. IV. 15. Neutram enim ex animo diligunt (ut recte Davenantius noster) qui utramque non diligunt. Christiani ergo, [Greek or Hebrew] maxim ornant Christianum nomen. Altera, quantum in vobis est, (i. e.) omnium amici este, si •ieri potest, si non potest utrinque, certe ex vestra parte amici este. Veritas inter im probos odium parit, & pietas semper invisa est, cujus rei hanc rationem reddit Lactantius, 2Quod is qui peccat vult habere liberum peccandi locum; non aliter se putat malefactorum voluptate securius perfrui posse, quam si nemo sit cui delicta non placeant. Ergo tanquam scelerum & malitiae suae testes extirpare funditus nituntur, & tollere; gravesque sibi putant tanquam vita eorum coarguatur: horum igitur amicitia pietas periclitatur.
Proinde Fratres in Visceribus Christi enixe postulo,1 ne excidat vobis illud Paulinum, Si fieri 〈…〉, & quantum in vobis est, cum omnibus hominibus in pace viventes,