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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. Inference.
Hence it follows, That greater is the sin, and severer will be the condemnation of them that perish under the Gospel, than of all other People in the World. Let me speak freely to you that hear me this day, Jesus Christ hath spent more of the riches of his Patience upon you in one year, yea, in this very day, than he hath spent upon the heathen World in all the days of their lives; they never heard of Christ, and the great Salvation; they have had no calls to Faith and Repentance, as you have had; don't think God hath dealt at this rate with other Nations. You have his Sabbaths, Ministers, Calls, he hath not dealt so with other Nations; and as for these things they have not known them, Psal. 147. 19. God hath dealt in a peculiar way with us, and these special favours will make dreadful accounts: He told the Jews among whom he had preached and wrought his Miracles, It would be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of Judgment, than for them; and in his Name I will tell you this day, that Barbarous Indians and Americans will have a milder Hell than you; Mitius ardent, and as the Lord told Ezekiel chap. 3. 5, 6. Thou art not sent to a People of a strange Speech, and of an hard Language, whose words thou canst not understand; surely had I sent thee to them, they would have harkned unto thee; but the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for they will not hearken unto me: For all the house of Israel are impudent and hard hearted.
Hence it follows, That greater is the sin, and severer will be the condemnation of them that perish under the Gospel, than of all other People in the World. Let me speak freely to you that hear me this day, Jesus Christ hath spent more of the riches of his Patience upon you in one year, yea, in this very day, than he hath spent upon the heathen World in all the days of their lives; they never heard of Christ, and the great Salvation; they have had no calls to Faith and Repentance, as you have had; dont think God hath dealt at this rate with other Nations. You have his Sabbaths, Ministers, Calls, he hath not dealt so with other Nations; and as for these things they have not known them,