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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 3: III. Inference.
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III. Inference.
What a singular blessing is a rousing faithful Ministry among the people? By such a Ministry Christ knocks powerfully; this is one of the greatest blessings God can bestow upon a people, next to the saving effects of it; when he sends among them Powerful, Judicious, Preachers of the Gospel, under whose Ministry their Consciences cannot sleep quietly. These are the proper Instruments Christ knocks at Men's Hearts by: and as for those Prophets that sow pillows for drowsy sinners to sleep quietly upon, the Lord owns them not for his, Lam. 2. 14. Thy Prophets (not mine but thine) have seen vain and foolish things for thee, they have not discovered thine iniquity.
What a singular blessing is a rouzing faithful Ministry among the people? By such a Ministry Christ knocks powerfully; this is one of the greatest blessings God can bestow upon a people, next to the saving effects of it; when he sends among them Powerful, Judicious, Preachers of the Gospel, under whose Ministry their Consciences cannot sleep quietly. These are the proper Instruments Christ knocks at Men's Hearts by: and as for those Prophets that sow pillows for drowsie sinners to sleep quietly upon, the Lord owns them not for his, Lam. 2. 14. Thy Prophets (not mine but thine) have seen vain and foolish things for thee, they have not discovered thine iniquity.