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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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VI. Inference.
Lastly, 1How just and inevitable will their damnation be, who consent not to the necessary and reasonable terms of the Gospel, which is the only point on which Christ and their Souls part for ever?
- 1VI. Infer.
The terms required by the Gospel are every way equal and reasonable; if a gracious Prince will bestow a Pardon upon a Traitor upon this condition, that he lay down his Arms, acknowledge his Offence, and list himself in his Princes Service, and he shall refuse so to do, how just and unpitied will his destruction be? and what else doth God require of thee, but only this, Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous Man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon, Isa. 55. 7. And as the damnation of such is just, so it will be inevitable; for if there be no way to glory but by Christ, as you know there is not, Acts 4. 12. Neither is there salvation in any other. And if there be no way to Christ but by our accepting him upon these very terms; as it plainly appears, from