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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
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V. Evidence.
Fifthly, Tis a great Evidence of the power of Divine Patience that may be drawn from the grievousness of our sins to God, during the whole time of his forbearance: Tis true there is no proper passion in the Divine Nature; no real perturbation, his anger is a mild and holy flame, yet the contrariety of sin to the holiness of his Nature is what makes his patience miraculous in the Eyes of Men: The Scripture speaking in a condescending Language to the understanding of the creature, represents God as wounded to the Heart by the sins of Men; so in Ezek. 6. 9. I ⟨p. 93⟩am broken with their whorish Heart which hath departed from me; and Amos 2. 13. Behold I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves, when the Axle-tree is ready to crack under the load; and 2 Chron. 36. 16 'tis said, The wrath of the Lord arose against his people till there was no remedy; his Patience would bear no longer, and therefore when he executes his wrath upon provoking sinners, that execution is represented in the nature of an ease or relief to his burdened Patience and Justice, Isa. I. 24. Ah, saith he, I will ease me of my enemies, and avenge me of my adversaries. Yet observe, it comes in with an (ah) with a kind of regret and reluctancy; so in