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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.
VII. Consolation.
And then Seventhly, That day thy Heart is unlocked, unbarred, and savingly opened by Faith, that very day an intimate, spiritual, and ever lasting union is made betwixt Christ and thy Soul; from that day Christ is thine and thou art his. Christ is a great and glorious person, but how great and glorious soever he be, the small and feeble Arms of thy Faith may surround and embrace him; and thou mayest say with the Church, My beloved is mine and I am his; for mark what he faith in the Text, If any Man open to me I will come in to him. That Soul shall be my habitation, there will I dwell for ever, that Christ may dwell in your Hearts by Faith; what Soul feels not it self advanced by this union with the Son of God? Hereby the Believer becomes a Member of his Body, Flesh and Bones; this is an honour bestowed upon thy Soul above and beyond all that honour that ever God bestowed upon any Angel in Heaven; to them Christ is an Head by way of Dominion, but to thee by way of vital influence. Angels are as the Barons and Nobles of his Kingdom, but the Believer his Spouse, and all the Angels of Heaven ministering Spirits unto such. That's the seventh Consolation.
And then Seventhly, That day thy Heart is unlockt, unbarr'd, and savingly opened by Faith, that very day an intimate, spiritual, and ever lasting union is made betwixt Christ and thy Soul; from that day Christ is thine and thou art his. Christ is a great and glorious person, but how great and glorious soever he be, the small and feeble Arms of thy Faith may surround and embrace him; and thou maist say with the Church, My beloved is mine and I am his; for mark what he faith in the Text, If any Man open to me I will come in to him. That Soul shall be my habitation, there will I dwell for ever, that Christ may dwell in your Hearts by Faith; what Soul feels not it self advanced by this union with the Son of God? Hereby the Believer becomes a Member of his Body, Flesh and Bones; this is an honour bestowed upon thy Soul above and beyond all that honour that ever God bestowed upon any Angel in Heaven; to them Christ is an Head by way of Dominion, but to thee by way of vital influence. Angels are as the Barons and Nobles of his Kingdom, but the Believer his Spouse, and all the Angels of Heaven ministring Spirits unto such. That's the seventh Consolation.