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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.
VII. Evidence.
Lastly, The riches of Divine Patience towards you, are greatly heightened and aggravated by the quick dispatch the Lord hath made of other sinners, whilst he hath spared and passed over ⟨p. 95⟩you. This comparative consideration calls upon you in the Apostles language, Rom. 11. 22. Behold the goodness and severity of God, on them which felt severity, but towards thee, goodness; if thou continue in his goodness, otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. Some sinners have been cut off in the beginning of their days, many in the very acts of sin, and those not greater than thy sins; they are gone to their own place, and thou still left for a Monument of the Patience and Forbearance of God. The sin of Achan was not a greater sin, than thy Covetousness, and the Earthliness of thy Heart is: The sin of Nadab and Abihu in offering up strange fire, than thy superstition, and offering up uncommanded Services to God; yet the Hand of God fell upon them, and smote them dead in the place; in the day and place wherein they sinned they perished; they were taken away in their iniquities, but thou reserved. Oh, that it might be for an instance and example of the riches of Divine Patience, which may at last lead thee to repentance.
Lastly, The riches of Divine Patience towards you, are greatly heightned and aggravated by the quick dispatch the Lord hath made of other sinners, whilst he hath spared and pashover ⟨p. 95⟩you. This comparative consideration calls upon you in the Apostles language, Rom. 11. 22. Behold the goodness and severity of God, on them which felt severity, but towards thee, goodness; if thou continue in his goodness, otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. Some sinners have been cut off in the beginning of their days, many in the very acts of sin, and those not greater than thy sins; they are gone to their own place, and thou still left for a Monument of the Patience and Forbearance of God. The sin of Achan was not a greater sin, than thy Coveteousness, and the Earthliness of thy Heart is: The sin of Nadab and Abihu in offering up strange fire, than thy superstition, and offering up uncommanded Services to God; yet the Hand of God fell upon them, and smote them dead in the place; in the day and place wherein they sinned they perisht; they were taken away in their iniquities, but thou reserved. Oh, that it might be for an instance and example of the riches of Divine Patience, which may at last lead thee to repentance.