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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.
II. Inference.
Hence it also follows that distressed sinners have no reason to question Christs willingness to receive them, when their Hearts are made willing to come unto him. ⟨p. 203⟩It were no less than a blasphemous imputation of insincerity to Christ himself to question his willingness to receive broken-hearted sinners, after so many protestations as he hath made in the Gospel, of his zeal and earnestness for their Salvation; that Scripture, John 6. 37. puts it out of doubt, He that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out. I know guilt breeds many fears and jealousies in the Hearts of sinners; will Christ ever accept, and receive such a one as I? Try him Soul, he hath said he will; let him have but the deliberate consent of thy Heart to his terms, and then if thou be rejected, thou wilt be the first Soul in the World that ever met with a repulse from him.
Hence it also follows that distressed sinners have no reason to question Christs willingness to receive them, when their Hearts are made willing to come unto him. ⟨p. 203⟩It were no less than a blasphemous imputation of insincerity to Christ himself to question his willingness to receive broken-hearted sinners, after so many protestations as he hath made in the Gospel, of his zeal and earnestness for their Salvation; that Scripture,