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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.
First, For Demonstration of this Truth, That Christ is an earnest suitor for union and communion with the Souls of sinners. I shall draw down the Demonstration of this Truth from a view and consideration of the dispositions, carriages, and actions of the Lord Jesus towards poor sinners from first to last: And when you have compared them all together, and by them seen the temper of his Heart, how great and clear a light will shine upon this Point! That his Heart hath still inclined towards union and communion with sinful Man will evidently appear by considering him in a fourfold state, and time. 1. Before his Incarnation. 2. In the days of his Flesh. 3. At his Death. And 4. At, and since his Ascension into Heaven.
First, For Demonstration of this Truth, That Christ is an earnest suiter for union and communion with the Souls of sinners. I shall draw down the Demonstration of this Truth from a view and consideration of the dispositions, carriages, and actions of the Lord Jesus towards poor sinners from first to last: And when you have compared them all together, and by them seen the temper of his Heart, how great and clear a light will shine upon this Point! That his Heart hath still enclined towards union and communion with sinful Man will evidently appear by considering him in a fourfold state, and time. 1. Before his Incarnation. 2. In the days of his Flesh. 3. At his Death. And 4. At, and since his Ascension into Heaven.
First, Consider him before his Incarnation,1 and you will find too things in that state which plainly speak his desires after union with us.
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