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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.
The greatness of his patience flows from the greatness of his power: so the Apostle speaks, Rom. 9. 22. What if God willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted or made up to destruction. And therefore when Moses prays for the exercise of Divine Patience towards the provoking Israelites, he doth it in this form, ⟨p. 87⟩Numb. 14. 17, 18. And now I beseech thee let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, The Lord is long-suffering, &c. He could exercise this Almighty power upon thee, and crush thee by it as a Moth is crushed; but behold he exercises it upon himself in stopping the propensions of his own Justice, which daily solicit him to cut thee off; tis the power of God over his wrath, bridling, and restraining it from day to day.
The greatness of his patience flows from the greatness of his power: so the Apostle speaks, Rom. 9. 22. What if God willing to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted or made up to destruction. And therefore when Moses prays for the exercise of Divine Patience towards the provoking Israelites, he doth it in this form, ⟨p. 87⟩Numb. 14. 17, 18. And now I beseech thee let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, The Lord is long-suffering, &c. He could exercise this Almighty power upon thee, and crush thee by it as a Moth is crushed; but behold he exercises it upon himself in stopping the propensions of his own Justice, which daily solicit him to cut thee off; tis the power of God over his wrath, bridling, and restraining it from day to day.