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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.
Faustis Natalitiis vestris ergo congratulor; praesertim si vestra [Greek or Hebrew] nobilitata & sanctificata sit vel fuerit; idque eo magis, quia jam omnes praestantissimi Chronologi, & temporum Indagatores qui computationi operam dederunt, evaserunt similes mulieri gravidae temporis pariendi computum suum praetergressae; quae singulis horis partus dolours expectare necesse habet. Valde probabile est diem illum de quo omnes Prophetae Prophetarunt, & quem omnes boni, quasi exerto capite expectarunt, prae foribus jam esse.
Faustis Natalitiis vestris ergo congratulor; praesertim si vestra 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 nobilitata & sanctificata sit vel fuerit; idque eo magis, quia jam omnes praestantissimi Chronologi, & temporum Indagatores qui computationi operam dederunt, evaserunt similes mulieri gravidae temporis pariendi computum suum praetergressae; quae singulis horis partus dolores expectare necesse habet. Valde probabile est diem illum de quo omnes Prophetae Prophetarunt, & quem omnes boni, quasi exerto capite expectarunt, prae foribus jam esse.
Quapropter, Juvenes spectatissimi, spes & expectatio renascentis Ecclesiae, hanc opportunitatem mordicus arripite merits vestras omnigena donorum copia ditare. Lectionibus assiduis ac precibus ferventissimis reserate diem, & obserate noctem; Qui prostratus ⟨image 17⟩studet optimus Theologus evasurus est. Nudati donis, non possumus veritatem propugnare, aut veritatis inimicos oppugnare. Non bona indoles, nec elocutionis gratia; non gestus decor, aut conversationis urbanitas pro egestate donorum compensare queat.
Quapropter, Juvenes spectatissimi, spes & expectatio renascentis Ecclesiae, hanc opportunitatem mordicus arripite mentes vestras omnigena donorum copia ditare. Lectionibus assiduis ac precibus ferventissimis reserate diem, & obserate noctem; Qui prostratus ⟨image 17⟩