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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.
IX. Consolation.
The opening of a Mans Soul to Christ by Faith is a special and Peculiar mercy which falls to the share but of a very few. God hath done that for thee which he hath denied to Millions; Who hath believed our report, and to whom is the Arm of the Lord revealed, (i. e.) to how small a remnant in the World, Isa. 53. 1. And the Apostle puts the work of Faith among the great mysteries of Godliness; among the wonders of Religion, 1 Tim. 3. 16. Preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the World.
The found of the Gospel is gone forth into the World; Many are called, but few are chosen: There were many Widows in Israel, in the days of Elijah, but to none of them was Elijah sent, save unto Sarepta, a City of Sidon, unto a Woman that was a Widow, Luke 4. 25, 26. To allude to this, there were many hundreds that sat under the same Sermon, which opened thy Heart to Christ, but it may be unto none of them was the Spirit of God sent that day, to open their Hearts by Faith, but unto thee; thou wilt freely acknowledge thy self as unlikely and unworthy as the vilest sinner there. Oh, astonishing mercy!
The found of the Gospel is gone forth into the World; Many are called, but few are chosen: There were many Widows in Israel, in the days of Elias, but to none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a City of Sidon, unto a Woman that was a Widow,