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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.
X. Direction.
Tenthly, Close up your Treaty with Christ by a solemn Covenant with him; engage your ⟨p. 229⟩selves to be the Lords,1 One shall say I am the Lords, and another shall subscribe with his Hand to the Holy One of Israel. Here you have two things to do, (1.) To give your selves up to Christ, according to that expression, 2 Cor. 8. 5. You gave your selves to the Lord: Make over Soul and Body, Time and Talents, henceforth to be dedicated things to his Service. (2.) Take Christ in both his Natures, and in all his Offices to be yours; and to this Covenant you are to stand to the last breath, whatever times or troubles shall come, this consent of thy Heart to be Christs, this choice of thy Will in taking him for thine, is but the echo of Christs choice of thee, and I would rather have such an evidence of my interest in him, than a voice from Heaven to assure me that Christ is mine.
Tenthly, Close up your Treaty with Christ by a solemn Covenant with him; ingage your ⟨p. 229⟩selves to be the Lords,1 One shall say I am the Lords, and another shall subscribe with his Hand to the Holy One of Israel. Here you have two things to do, (1.) To give your selves up to Christ, according to that expression, 2 Cor. 8. 5. You gave your selves to the Lord: Make over Soul and Body, Time and Talents, henceforth to be dedicated things to his Service. (2.) Take Christ in both his Natures, and in all his Offices to be yours; and to this Covenant you are to stand to the last breath, whatever times or troubles shall come, this consent of thy Heart to be Christs, this choice of thy Will in taking him for thine, is but the eccho of Christs choice of thee, and I would rather have such an evidence of my interest in him, than a voice from Heaven to assure me that Christ is mine.