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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.
I. Evidence.
The truth of this sweet assertion clearly evidenceth it self from the form and manner of Gospel invitations; they are designedly put into large, general, free, and most extensive terms, to assure sinners that Christ will not be shy of the worst sinner in the World, thus made willing to embrace him; they are so framed on purpose to anticipate or take away all objections from sinners. No other condition is put in the Gospel, but this only, Art thou heartily willing to take Christ upon his own terms? The offers of Christ are extended to all that thirst and desire after him, John 7. 37. To the greatest of sinners, ⟨p. 241⟩upon this only condition, that they be willing and obedient, Isa. 1. 18, 19. Go Preach the Gospel to every Creature: He that believeth shall be saved, Mark 16. 15, 16. 'Tis extended to all Nations, For in Christ Jesus there is neither Greek nor Jew, Circumcision nor Uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, Bond or Free, Col. 3. 11. If there be any poor Soul of any quality or condition whatsoever, under the cope of Heaven, whose Will is wrought up to an hearty compliance with the terms of the Gospel, Christ will not be shy of coming into that Soul, though it have been never so vile and abominable; the Heart of a Mary Magdalen, which had been an Habitation of Devils; the Soul of a Saul, a Bloody raging Persecutor, will make as delightful Habitations for Christ, as the Soul of the most civilized person in the World, when once the Will is thus opened.