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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
Sermon 6 › Application 2: II. Use.Sermon 6 › Application 2: II. Vse.
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I. Ponder well the advantages you will gain by Christ; these are so great and manifold that it is impossible for me to enumerate or value them, it shall suffice in this place to show you one of those bunches of the Grapes of Eshcol; that by it you may estimate the riches and fertility of that good Land, settled upon you by Christ as a Dowry or Jointure; and these are four, 1. The payment of all your debts to the Law▪ 2. An Honour above Angels. 3. An eternal inheritance in Heaven. 4. A glorious and joyful presentation of you to the Father in the great day, by Christ as his Spouse and Wife.
I. Ponder well the advantages you will gain by Christ; these are so great and manifold that it is impossible for me to enumerate or value them, it shall suffice in this place to shew you one of those bunches of the Grapes of Eshcol; that by it you may estimate the riches and fertility of that good Land, setled upon you by Christ as a Dowry or Joynture; and these are four, 1. The payment of all your debts to the Law▪ 2. An Honour above Angels. 3. An eternal inheritance in Heaven. 4. A glorious and joyful presentation of you to the Father in the great day, by Christ as his Spouse and Wife.
1. The same day and hour you give your cordial consent to take Christ upon Gospel terms, that is to say, Christ with his yoke of obedience, ⟨p. 210⟩and Christ with his Cross of Sufferings, all your debts to the Law are discharged and paid; what have you been doing ever since you came into the World but running upon score to God, deeper, and deeper every day? O what a vast sum owest thou to his Justice? And not able to pay one farthing. If thou consent not to Christs offer, the Bailiff and Executioner, Death and the Devil, will shortly be upon thy back, and hurry thee away to that prison from whence thou shalt not come out until thou have paid the last farthing, Matth. 5. 25, 26. If thou consent to Christs terms thy debts are paid upon thy marriage day; thy bonds cancelled, and thy discharge in Heaven sealed,