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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.
III. Direction.
Thirdly, Distrust not the sincerity of Christ in those gracious offers he makes unto coming Souls. Be satisfied, he speaks his very Heart in them to thee; the Devil labours to sow jealousies and beget suspicions in the Hearts of poor convinced sinners, that they will not find such a welcome entertainment with Christ as he seems to promise them, in those encouraging Scriptures, Matth. 11. 28, 29. John 6. 37. But that something else lies hid in those Scriptures, as a ⟨p. 222⟩mystery which they understand not; and so by shaking the assenting act, labours to hinder the accepting act of Faith; this is a case as common as it is sad; the Lord help poor Souls to avoid this snare, lest in stead of honouring Christ by a resolved adherence to him, they make him a liar and impute insincerity to the God of truth. For he that believeth not, hath made him a liar.
Thirdly, Distrust not the sincerity of Christ in those gracious offers he makes unto coming Souls. Be satisfied, he speaks his very Heart in them to thee; the Devil labours to sow jealousies and beget suspicions in the Hearts of poor convinced sinners, that they will not find such a welcom entertainment with Christ as he seems to promise them, in those encouraging Scriptures, Matth. 11. 28, 29.