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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.
I. Use for Information.
I. Vse for Information.
And first, The Point before us will be useful for Information, in the following Inferences and Deductions.
I. Inference.
Into how deep a sleep hath sin cast the Souls of sinners, that Christ must stand so long, and give such loud repeated knocks, before it will awake and open to him? There is the Spirit of a deep sleep fallen upon Men, like that into which God cast Adam. God speaketh once, yea twice, but Man regards it not; 'tis the hardest thing in the World to rouse and awaken a Man out of his carnal security. Look over Satan's Kingdom, and you shall find a general stillness and quietness among his Subjects. There's no trouble for Sin, no strivings after Salvation, no cryings out, What shall we do to be saved? Go into the crowds of carnal Men and Women, and you shall find them all intent and busy about other matters. How long shall you be in their company, before you hear one groan for sin? Or see one tear slide from their Eyes on that account? Oh, what a marvellous thing is here! Do not their Consciences know the guilt that lies upon them? Are they ⟨p. 159⟩