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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
Sermon 5 › Doctrine 5 › Application 1 › Inference 1: I. Inference.
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1. Ignorance of the nature of regenerating Grace; taking that for regeneration which is none of it; thus did the Jews, Joh. 8. 55. confidently affirm God to be their God, and yet they did not know him. How many poor ignorant creatures think there is no need of any other Work of regeneration, but what passed upon them in Baptism? They were born and Baptized Christians, and that's enough they think to save them, Matth. 3. 9. We have Abraham to our Father; they thought it sufficient that Abraham's blood ran in their Veins, though there were not a spark of Abraham's faith kindled in their Souls: the Lord forgive the sin of those Men that lead poor Souls into such fatal mistakes. O if Men were but aware of the necessity of a greater and further Work to pass upon their Souls than their Baptism, common powerless profession, or the Similar Works which appear upon formal Hypocrites, Heaven and Earth would ring with their cries. But ignorance of the nature and necessity of special regenerating Grace, like a Dose of Opium casts the Consciences of many into this deep sleep.
1. Ignorance of the nature of regenerating Grace; taking that for regeneration which is none of it; thus did the Iews, Ioh. 8. 55. confidently affirm God to be their God, and yet they did not know him. How many proor ignorant creatures think there is no need of any other Work of regeneration, but what passed upon them in Baptism? They were born and Baptized Christians, and that's enough they think to save them, Matth. 3. 9. We have Abraham to our Father; they thought it sufficient that Abraham's blood ran in their Veins, though there were not a spark of Abraham's faith kindled in their Souls: the Lord forgive the sin of those Men that lead poor Souls into such fatal mistakes. O if Men were but aware of the necessity of a greater and further Work to pass upon their Souls than their Baptism, common powerless profession, or the Similar Works which appear upon formal Hypocrites, Heaven and Earth would ring with their cries. But ignorance of the nature and necessity of special regenerating Grace, like a Dose of Opium casts the Consciences of many into this deep sleep.