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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.
II. Evidence.
The second Evidence of the Divine Patience, shall be taken from the heinous nature of some sins above others, whereby sinners fly, as it were, in the very Face of God; and yet he bears with much long-suffering, lets not loose his Hand to cut them off. All sins are not of one size, some have a slighter tincture, and some a deeper, called upon that account, Scarlet and Crimson sins, Isa. 1. 18. double dyed abominations, sins in Grain; such are sins against knowledge, sins committed after Convictions and Covenants, and rebukes of Providence. I do not only speak of outward gross acts of sin, for as the School-men well determine, though outwards sins are sins of greater infamy, yet inward sins may be sins of greater guilt: Even those sins that never took air to defame thee in the World; but whatever they be (Reader) whether outward or inward, thy Conscience is privy to them, and thy Soul may stand amazed at the Patience of God in forbearing thee all this while under such Provocations, and horrid Rebellions against him; especially considering how many there be this day in Hell that never provoked God by sinning with such a high Hand as thou hast done.
The second Evidence of the Divine Patience, shall be taken from the heynous nature of some sins above others, whereby sinners fly, as it were, in the very Face of God; and yet he bears with much long-suffering, lets not loose his Hand to cut them off. All sins are not of one size, some have a slighter tincture, and some a deeper, called upon that account, Scarlet and Crimson sins, Isa. 1. 18. double dyed abominations, sins in Grain; such are sins against knowledge, sins committed after Convictions and Covenants, and rebukes of Providence. I do not only speak of outward gross acts of sin, for as the School-men well determine, though outwards sins are sins of greater infamy, yet inward sins may be sins of greater guilt: Even those sins that never took air to defame thee in the World; but whatever they be (Reader) whether outward or inward, thy Conscience is privy to them, and thy Soul may stand amazed at the Patience of God in forbearing thee all this while under such Provocations, and horrid Rebellions against him; especially considering how many there be this day in Hell that never provoked God by sinning with such a high Hand as thou hast done.