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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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II. Another design and end of the Death of Christ was to win and gain our Hearts and Affections to himself, by the argument of his Death; this himself hath declared to be the very end and intention of it, Joh. 12. 32. And I if I be lifted up from the Earth will draw all Men unto me; this, he said, signifying what Death he should dye. Christ endured all that you have heard, and infinitely more than the Tongue or Pen of Man can express; and all to draw thy Soul and win thy consent to come unto him: the Lord Jesus by his sufferings casts a threefold cord over the Souls of Sinners, to draw them to himself.
II. Another design and end of the Death of Christ was to win and gain our Hearts and Affections to himself, by the argument of his Death; this himself hath declared to be the very end and intention of it, Ioh. 12. 32. And I if I be lifted up from the Earth will draw all Men unto me; this, he said, signifying what Death he should dye. Christ endured all that you have heard, and infinitely more than the Tongue or Pen of Man can express; and all to draw thy Soul and win thy consent to come unto him: the Lord Jesus by his sufferings casts a threefold cord over the Souls of Sinners, to draw them to himself.
1. The Death of Christ obtains complete righteousness for guilty sinners; and if any thing in the World will draw the Heart of a sinner, this will; the anxious search, and enquiry of a convinced sinner, is after a perfect righteousness to justify him before God. O that's it the sinner wants! Conscience saith, thou hast broken all the Laws of God, and art therefore a Law condemned wretch; the sentence of the Law casts thee for Hell; Now what would a poor sinner give for a release from this sentence of the Law? O ten thousand Worlds for a Pardon! Why here it is, saith Christ, Come unto me and thou shalt receive a free, full, and final pardon; my Blood cleanseth from all sin; my righteousness answers all the demands of the Law. I have ⟨p. 194⟩