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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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VI. Evidence.
Sixthly, The vast expenses of his riches and bounty upon us, during the whole time of his for bearance and patience towards us, speaks him unconceivable and infinite in his long-suffering towards us, Rom. 2. 4, 5. Despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? q. d. Vile sinner, canst thou compute the treasures of bounty and goodness, thou hast been riotously spending and wasting all this while? Dost thou know what vast sums Christ hath spent upon thee to preserve thee so long ⟨p. 94⟩out of Hell? There be two Treasures spending upon sinners all the time of Gods forbearance of them; there's the precious Treasure of thy Time wasted, and the invaluable streams of Gospel Grace running all this while at the waste Spout; thy Time is precious, the Whole of thy Time, which is betwixt thee and Eternity, is but little, and the most thereof has been wasted in sin, and cast away upon vanity; but that's not all, the Treasures of Gospel Grace have been wasting all this while upon thee: In Zach. 4. 12. it is compared to Golden Oil, maintaining the Lamps of Ordinances; so it is set forth to us in that stately Emblem, Who would maintain a Lamp with Golden Oil for wanton Children to play by? yet this hath God done while thy soul hath dallied and trifled with him. The Witnesses or Ministers of Christ, in Rev. 11. 3, 4