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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.
SERMON IV.
Revel. 3. 20. Behold I [stand] at the door and knock, &c
THE verb [Greek or Hebrew] here rendered I stand, is of the praeter tense, and would strictly be rendered I have stood, but being joined with a verb of the present tense, is here rendered I do stand, a frequent Hebraism in Scripture; and it notes the continued patience and long suffering of Christ. I have stood and still do stand, exercising wonderful patience towards obstinate sinners. Which gives us this fourth Observation,
THE verb 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 here rendred I stand, is of the praeter tense, and would strictly be rendred I have stood, but being joyned with a verb of the present tense, is here rendred I do stand, a frequent Hebraism in Scripture; and it notes the continued patience and long suffering of Christ. I have stood and still do stand, exercising wonderful patience towards obstinate sinners. Which gives us this fourth Observation,