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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 2: II. Inference.
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.
If every conviction be a knock of Christ., how deeply are all Souls concerned in the success and issue of them?
Conviction is an Embryo of the new Creature; if it go out its full time, and come to a perfect new Birth, it brings forth Salvation to your Souls; if it miscarry finally, you are finally lost. It is of infinite concernment therefore to every Man and Woman to be tender over those Convictions their Consciences go big with all. 'Tis true, Conviction and Conversion are two things; there may be Conviction without Conversion, though there can be no Conversion without Conviction. The blossoms upon the Trees in the Spring of the Year, cannot properly be called Fruit, they are rather the rudiments of Fruit, or something in order to Fruit: if they open kindly and knit or set firmly, perfect Fruit follows them; but if a blast, or a frosty Morning kill them, no Fruit is to be expected. Thus it is here, great care therefore ought to be taken about the preservation and success of Convictions, both by 1. The Soul it self that is under them, 2. And by all others that are concerned about them.
Conviction is an Embrio of the new Creature; if it go out its full time, and come to a perfect new Birth, it brings forth Salvation to your Souls; if it miscarry finally, you are finally lost. It is of infinite concernment therefore to every Man and Woman to be tender over those Convictions their Consciences go big with all. 'Tis true, Conviction and Conversion are two things; there may be Conviction without Conversion, though there can be no Conversion without Conviction. The blossoms upon the Trees in the Spring of the Year, cannot properly be called Fruit, they are rather the rudiments of Fruit, or something in order to Fruit: if they open kindly and knit or set firmly, perfect Fruit follows them; but if a blast, or a frosty Morning kill them, no Fruit is to be expected. Thus it is here, great care therefore ought to be taken about the preservation and success of Convictions, both by 1. The Soul it self that is under them, 2. And by all others that are concerned about them.