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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.
Pii ubique gemunt praesentem & deplorandum Ecclesiae statum: & ex ⟨image 13⟩clade nonnullorum, conjecturam faciunt quid periculi immineat universis.
—En quo discordia gentes, Perduxit miseras!
Nec potest quisquam in•icias ire sanctos & sapientes ex utraque parte (Quantum inter se dissentiunt) in hoc saltem unanimos esse, quod haec non sunt litigandi, sed orandi, & redintegrandi tempora; tales enim voces ubique effundunt, Convertat Deus cor patrum ad filios, et cor filiorum ad patres; ne veniens percutiat terram anathemate. Suis non recte consulunt, qui ob Controversias nunquam fortasse inter doctos terminandas, perpetuis dissidiis lacerant Ecclesiam. Fratres nostri qui serio profitentur see nulla alia causa a nobis dissentire in minutioribus Religionis, quam formidine peccandi; ambabus ulnis sunt amplectendi: Cito igitur tollantur omnia offendicula, ne bis impingeremus in eundem lapidem. Si iterum collidimur, frustulatim ⟨image 14⟩frangimur; nolumus illis hanc laudem concedere, quod illi pacis & concordiae studiosiores quam nos evaderent; in fundamentalibus & necessariis conformitatem exigite, in [Greek or Hebrew] & non necessariis debitam, amplam, & non hamatam libertatem concedite. Nemo sibi arroget li•entiam dividendi Ecclesiam, & dissolvendi fraternam unitatem ex ea causa quam nec Christus, nec Apostoli, nec Ecclesia pure primitiva unquam approbasset.
Nec potest quisquam in•icias ire sanctos & sapientes ex utraque parte (Quantum inter se dissentiunt) in hoc saltem unanimos esse, quod haec non sunt litigandi, sed orandi, & redintegrandi tempora; tales enim voces ubique effundunt, Convertat Deus cor patrum ad filios, et cor filiorum ad patres; ne veniens percutiat terram anathemate. Suis non recte consulunt, qui ob Controversias nunquam fortasse inter doctos terminandas, perpetuis dissidiis lacerant Ecclesiam. Fratres nostri qui serio profitentur se nulla alia causa a nobis dissentire in minutioribus Religionis, quam formidine peccandi; ambabus ulnis sunt amplectendi: Cito igitur tollantur omnia offendicula, ne bis impingeremus in eundem lapidem. Si iterum collidimur, frustulatim