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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. Direction.
Secondly, Having debated the matter over and over in thy most sedate and serious thoughts, let not Satan discourage thee from casting thy Soul at Christs Feet with an hearty consent to all his terms, for want of such and such qualifications as thou canst not find in thine own Soul: 'Tis usual for Satan to suggest at this time, the want of greater sorrow and humiliation for sin; that the Soul hath not lain long enough under the humbling work of the Law; that the aggravations of its sins have been such, that there is no hope of acceptance; free thy Soul from these snares of Satan, by the consideration of this unquestionable truth; That Christ expects from thee no more humiliation than what produceth such a hearty deliberate consent, as thy Will is now to give; and such a consent once gained, no aggravation of sin is pleadable against the duty of believing.
Secondly, Having debated the matter over and over in thy most sedate and serious thoughts, let not Satan discourage thee from casting thy Soul at Christs Feet with an hearty consent to all his terms, for want of such and such qualifications as thou canst not find in thine own Soul: 'Tis usual for Satan to suggest at this time, the want of greater sorrow and humiliation for sin; that the Soul hath not layen long enough under the humbling work of the Law; that the aggravations of its sins have been such, that there is no hope of acceptance; free thy Soul from these snares of Satan, by the consideration of this unquestionable truth; That Christ expects from thee no more humiliation than what produceth such a hearty deliberate consent, as thy Will is now to give; and such a consent once gained, no aggravation of sin is pleadable against the duty of believing.