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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.
By 1. His Word. 2. His Providence.
Here my Work will be to show you how the Spirit of God makes use both of the Word and Works of God, to rouse and open the Consciences ⟨p. 142⟩and Hearts of Sinners. These are the two Hammers or instruments of the Spirit by which he knocks at the door of the Heart.
Here my Work will be to shew you how the Spirit of God makes use both of the Word and Works of God, to rouse and open the Consciences ⟨p. 142⟩and Hearts of Sinners. These are the two Hammers or instruments of the Spirit by which he knocks at the door of the Heart.
1. The Word, written or preached, but especially preached; to this Christ gives the preference, to all other instruments employed about this Work; and answerably the Word is called God's Hammer, Jer. 23. 29. Is not my Word like fire, and as the Hammer which breaketh the rocks in pieces? By this Hammer Christ raps at the door of a sinners Soul, to give warning that he is there. The Spirit of God can open the Heart immediately if he pleaseth; but he will honour his Word in this Work. And therefore, when Lydias Heart was to be opened, Paul, the great Gospel Preacher, must be invited even by an Angel to come over to Macedonia, and assist in that blessed Work, Acts 16. 9. Lydia was to be converted, her Heart must be opened to Christ; the Angel could not do it, but calls for the help of the Apostle, Gods appointed Instrument to carry on that Work. I have made thee (saith God to Paul) a Minister and a witness to open their Eyes, and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God,