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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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6ly, Christ sometimes knocks with both Hands at once, with the Word and with the Rod together; the latter in subserviency to the former; and if ever the Soul be like to open, it will open then, when Ordinances and Afflictions work together: The Word smites the Conscience with Conviction, and at or about the same time, providence smites the outward-man with some affliction, to make the Word work effectually; or under some smart affliction, a suitable word is seasonably directed to the Conscience, and thus Juncta Juvant, the one assisteth the other, and both together produce the desired effect: Thus the Lord wrought upon the Thessalonians, 1 Thes. 1. 6. And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the Word in much affliction. A Child dies, an Estate is lost, or a Sickness seizeth, at the time when Conscience is prepared by a ⟨p. 154⟩Conviction from the Word, or Afflictions have prepared it for the Word. The Rod upon the Back, helps the Word to work upon the Heart; and if both these working in fellowship will not do the work, there is little hope that any thing will do it.
6ly, Christ sometimes knocks with both Hands at once, with the Word and with the Rod together; the latter in subserviency to the former; and if ever the Soul be like to open, it will open then, when Ordinances and Afflictions work together: The Word smites the Conscience with Conviction, and at or about the same time, providence smites the outward-man with some affliction, to make the Word work effectually; or under some smart affliction, a suitable word is seasonably directed to the Conscience, and thus Iuncta Iuvant, the one assisteth the other, and both together produce the desired effect: Thus the Lord wrought upon the Thessalonians, 1 Thes. 1. 6. And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the Word in much affliction. A Child dies, an Estate is lost, or a Sickness seizeth, at the time when Conscience is prepared by a ⟨p. 154⟩Conviction from the Word, or Afflictions have prepared it for the Word. The Rod upon the Back, helps the Word to work upon the Heart; and if both these working in fellowship will not do the work, there is little hope that any thing will do it.