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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
Sermon 7 › Application 2: II. Use for Exhortation.Sermon 7 › Application 2: II. Vse for Exhortation.
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(4ly,) Contrivers and studiers of sin are always in Scripture placed in the first rank of sinners. The best servant God hath in the World may be surprised by the deceitfulness of sin, against the gracious bent and resolution of his Soul; but the contrivance and plotting of sin is quite another thing; therefore it is said of the wicked, Job 15. 35. They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. That is, sin like the Foetus in the Womb, hath its time of conception, growth, and birth; and all this by the deliberate consent of the naughty Heart, and Will, which fosters and cherishes it.
(4ly,) Contrivers and studiers of sin are always in Scripture placed in the first rank of sinners. The best servant God hath in the World may be surprized by the deceitfulness of sin, against the gracious bent and resolution of his Soul; but the contrivance and plotting of sin is quite another thing; therefore it is said of the wicked, Iob 15. 35. They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. That is, sin like the Foetus in the Womb, hath its time of conception, growth, and birth; and all this by the deliberate consent of the naughty Heart, and Will, which fosters and cherishes it.
(5ly,) There are ring-leaders in sin, and single personal sins which spread no farther than our selves; a ring-leader in sin is in Scripture reckoned amongst the greatest of sinners; so Revel. 2. 14. Thou hast them that held the Doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the Children of Israel; thus Jeroboam the son of Nebat made Israel to sin. There is the same difference betwixt these and single personal sins, as there is betwixt a chain shot, and a single bullet: Mind this, you that have ⟨p. 268⟩induced others to sin by your counsel or example.