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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 4: IV. Inference.
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IV. Inference.
And then Lastly, let all Men beware of those things that deafen their Ears, and drown the sound of Christs knocks and calls in the Gospel.
What pernicious Enemies to the Souls of Men are all those persons and things that turn away Men's Ears from attending to the knocks and calls of Christ in his Word? Such are (1.) Profane wicked Men, who like Elimas the Sorcerer, make it their business by wicked insinuations, flouts and jeers, to turn away Men's Ears from the Gospel, Acts 13. 10. O full of all subtlety, and all mischief, thou child of the Devil, thou enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? All opposition of godliness hath a spice of Devilishness; and no Child more resembles his Father than a scoffing Enemy resembles his Father the Devil. But blessed be God for that good Providence which, in a great measure, hath stopped the Mouths both of the Father and his Children this day. (2.) Take heed of carnal and ungodly Relations which discourage and threaten their Children, Servants, and all that depend on them, from attending upon ⟨p. 166⟩on the means, or giving way to the Convictions which God by them hath set on upon their Hearts. Cruel Parents, who had rather see their Children turned into their Graves than turning to the ways of serious godliness. O that any should dare to quench the beginnings of Spiritual life in those to whom they were instruments to convey natural life. (3.) Take heed of the World, its distracting cares and charming pleasures; What a din, what a confused buzz and noise do these things make in the Ears of Men!