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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.
II. Use for Exhortation.
II. Vse for Exhortation.
Christ is now come near us in the Gospel, Behold he stands at the door and knocks: And I am here this day to demand your answer, and in his name I do solemnly demand it; What shall I return to him that sent me? What sayest thou sinner? Wilt thou open to Christ, or wilt thou shut him out; And with him thy own Pardon, Peace and Salvation? Once more let me try the force of a few more arguments upon your Hearts, and refute your vain pleas to the contrary; methinks no Heart should be able to resist such Motives and rational Persuasions as these following will be found to be.
Christ is now come near us in the Gospel, Behold he stands at the door and knocks: And I am here this day to demand your answer, and in his name I do solemnly demand it; What shall I return to him that sent me? What sayst thou sinner? Wilt thou open to Christ, or wilt thou shut him out; And with him thy own Pardon, Peace and Salvation? Once more let me try the force of a few more arguments upon your Hearts, and refute your vain pleas to the contrary; methinks no Heart should be able to resist such Motives and rational Perswasions as these following will be found to be.
First, You are in extreme need of Christ;1