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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.
Thirdly,1 Jesus Christ hath an unquestionable right to enter into and possess every one of your Souls. Satan is but an Usurper, Christ is your lawful Owner and Proprietor; thy Soul, sinner, hath not so full a Title to thy Body, as Christ hath to thy Soul. Satan keeps Christ out of his right. Christ knocks at the door of his own House; he built it and therefore may well claim admission into it; it is his own Creature, Col. 1. 16. By him were all things made, whether they be visible or ⟨p. 169⟩invisible; Bodies or Souls. The invisible part, thy Soul, is his Workmanship, a stately Structure of his own raising. He hath also a right by Redemption, Christ hath bought thy Soul and that at the invaluable price of his own Blood. Who then can dispute the right of Christ to enter in to his own House? But alas! he cometh to his own, but his own receive him not.
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Fourthly,1 Open the door to Christ, for a train of blessings and mercies comes in with him; a troop of privileges follow him: In the same day and hour that Christ comes into thine Heart by a full consent and deliberate choice, a pardon comes with him of all the sins that ever thou committedst in Thought, Word, or Action. Will such a pardon be welcome to thy Soul? Then let Christ be welcome;2 for where Christ comes, pardon comes; if you open to Christ, you open to peace; and who would shut the door of his Soul against Peace? If peace be welcome, let Christ be welcome; for peace follows faith in Christ, Rom. 5. 1