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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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IV. Direction.
Fourthly, Look up to God for power to enable you to come to Christ in this supernatural and difficult work of Faith. Don't think Faith is of the growth of thine own Heart; No Man can come unto me, saith Christ, except my Father, which hath sent me, draw him. There is a legal Spirit working under Evangelical pretences in many Souls; they look within them to find that which is quite above them; the Apostle points you to the fountain of Faith, in Eph. 2. 8. It is not of your selves, it is the gift of God. 'Tis one of the greatest difficulties in the World to believe: For if the power of God must be owned as the cause of every new degree of Faith, in the greatest believers in the World, as is plain, Luke 17. 5. The Apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our Faith. How much more is the production of Faith it self, and the first vital act thereof, to be ascribed to the Almighty Power of God?
Fourthly, Look up to God for power to enable you to come to Christ in this supernatural and difficult work of Faith. Dont think Faith is of the growth of thine own Heart; No Man can come unto me, saith Christ, except my Father, which hath sent me, draw him. There is a legal Spirit working under Evangelical pretences in many Souls; they look within them to find that which is quite above them; the Apostle points you to the fountain of Faith, in Eph. 2. 8. It is not of your selves, it is the gift of God. 'Tis one of the greatest difficulties in the World to believe: For if the power of God must be owned as the cause of every new degree of Faith, in the greatest believers in the World, as is plain,