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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.
Secondly,1 The Lord Jesus is this day come nigh to every one of your Souls. I may say to you as Christ did to them, Luke 10. 9. The Kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. The Lord grant he be not as nigh to some of you as ever he shall be; for he must come nearer or else you are lost for ever. It is not Christ among you in the Means of Grace, but Christ within you by the Work of Grace, which must be unto you the hope of Glory, Colos. 1. 27. He is not only among you in respect of external Means, but he is come into your Understandings and Consciences. Yea, some motions of his you may feel upon your affections, there wants but a little more to make you eternally Happy. O what would one effectual touch upon your Wills be worth now! The Head-Work is done, but O that the Heart-Work were done too. You are almost saved, but to be almost saved, is to be wholly and eternally Lost, if it go no further. 'Tis a sad thing for a Man that hath one Foot in Heaven, to slide from thence into Hell. 'Tis sad to be Shipwrecked at the Harbours mouth.
Secondly,1 The Lord Jesus is this day come nigh to every one of your Souls. I may say to you as Christ did to them, Luke 10. 9. The Kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. The Lord grant he be not as nigh to some of you as ever he shall be; for he must come nearer or else you are lost for ever. It is not Christ among you in the Means of Grace, but Christ within you by the Work of Grace, which must be unto you the hope of Glory, Colos. 1. 27. He is not only among you in respect of external Means, but he is come into your Understandings and Consciences. Yea, some motions of his you may feel upon your affections, there wants but a little more to make you eternally Happy. O what would one effectual touch upon your Wills be worth now! The Head-Work is done, but O that the Heart-Work were done too. You are almost saved, but to be almost saved, is to be wholly and eternally Lost, if it go no further. 'Tis a sad thing for a Man that hath one Foot in Heaven, to slide from thence into Hell. 'Tis sad to be Shipwreckt at the Harbours mouth.