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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
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2ly, In marrying our Nature to himself, and that after sin had blasted its beauty, and let in so many direful calamities upon it, Rom. 8. 3. He was found in the likeness of sinful flesh. i. e. Flesh subject to weariness, pains and death, which though there be no sin in them, yet are the effects and consequences of sin: Such a Nature he assumed into a Personal union with himself, not to experience any new pleasure in it, but to capacitate himself to suffer and satisfy for us; and therein to give a convincing proof of the strength of his love and vehemency of his desire to us. His personal union with our Nature shows his desire after a mystical union with our Persons. He would never have been the Son of Man, but to make us the Sons and Daughters of the living God; He came in our likeness that we by Sanctification might be made in his likeness: Behold how near Christ comes to us by his Incarnation! O what a stoop did he make therein to recover us! Rather than lose us he was contented to lose his manifestative glory for a time; for his ⟨p. 181⟩Incarnation made him of no reputation, Phil. 2. 7. Behold the desires of a Saviour after union with sinners!
2ly, In marying our Nature to himself, and that after sin had blasted its beauty, and let in so many direful calamities upon it, Rom. 8. 3. He was found in the likeness of sinful flesh. i. e. Flesh subject to weariness, pains and death, which though there be no sin in them, yet are the effects and consequences of sin: Such a Nature he assumed into a Personal union with himself, not to experience any new pleasure in it, but to capacitate himself to suffer and satisfie for us; and therein to give a convincing proof of the strength of his love and vehemency of his desire to us. His personal union with our Nature shews his desire after a mystical union with our Persons. He would never have been the Son of Man, but to make us the Sons and Daughters of the living God; He came in our likeness that we by Sanctification might be made in his likeness: Behold how near Christ comes to us by his Incarnation! O what a stoop did he make therein to recover us! Rather than lose us he was contented to lose his manifestative glory for a time; for his