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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.
1. He passed by a superior and more excellent Nature, Heb. 2. 16. Verily he took not on him the Nature of Angels. Angels were excellent ⟨p. 180⟩Creatures, but behold, vessels of Gold cast into the fire, and Earthen potsherds fitted for glory. 'Tis true, the Angels that kept their integrity are Members of Christs Kingdom; he is an Head to them by way of Dominion, but unto us by way of Vital union. Christ takes the believer into a nearer union with himself than any Angel in Heaven; but for the multitudes of apostate Angels, he never designed their recovery, but left them, as they were before, bound in chains of darkness unto the Judgment of the great Day, Jude vers. 6. This preterition of Christ, heightens his love to poor Man.
1. He passed by a superiour and more excellent Nature, Heb. 2. 16. Verily he took not on him the Nature of Angels. Angels were excellent ⟨p. 180⟩Creatures, but behold, vessels of Gold cast into the fire, and Earthen potsherds fitted for glory. 'Tis true, the Angels that kept their integrity are Members of Christs Kingdom; he is an Head to them by way of Dominion, but unto us by way of Vital union. Christ takes the believer into a nearer union with himself than any Angel in Heaven; but for the multitudes of apostate Angels, he never designed their recovery, but left them, as they were before, bound in chains of darkness unto the Judgment of the great Day, Iude vers. 6. This preterition of Christ, heightens his love to poor Man.
2ly, In marrying our Nature to himself, and that after sin had blasted its beauty, and let in so many direful calamities upon it,