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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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1. We do then heartily consent to be Christs, when we give up all we are and have, to him; so that after this choice of Christ we look upon our selves thenceforth as none of our own; but bought with a price, to glorify God in our Body and Soul, which are his, 1 Cor. 6. 19, 20. Soul ⟨p. 237⟩and Body is all that we are, and both these parts of our selves do now pass, by an act of our own consent, into the Redeemers right; we are not to have the dispose of them, that belongs to him that purchased them: You know in all purchases property is altered; you did live as your own, followed your own Wills, Lusts, Passions; were under the dominion and at the beck of every Lust; but now the case is altered, Titus 3. 3. We our selves were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures: So many Lusts, so many Lords; but now the case is altered, we have given our selves to Christ, no more to be swayed this way or that, against his Word, and the voice of our own Conscience: Thus our Souls and Bodies are his, hallowed, dedicated things to Christ; Temples for God to dwell in, and then all other things follow of course; if I am the Lords, then my time, my talents, and all that I have is his.
1. We do then heartily consent to be Christs, when we give up all we are and have, to him; so that after this choice of Christ we look upon our selves thenceforth as none of our own; but bought with a price, to glorifie God in our Body and Soul, which are his, 1 Cor. 6. 19, 20. Soul ⟨p. 237⟩and Body is all that we are, and both these parts of our selves do now pass, by an act of our own consent, into the Redeemers right; we are not to have the dispose of them, that belongs to him that purchased them: You know in all purchases property is altered; you did live as your own, followed your own Wills, Lusts, Passions; were under the dominion and at the beck of every Lust; but now the case is altered, Titus 3. 3. We our selves were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures: So many Lusts, so many Lords; but now the case is altered, we have given our selves to Christ, no more to be swayed this way or that, against his Word, and the voice of our own Conscience: Thus our Souls and Bodies are his, hallowed, dedicated things to Christ; Temples for God to dwell in, and then all other things follow of course; if I am the Lords, then my time, my talents, and all that I have is his.