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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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2. I will close up this Use of Exhortation to another sort of persons who are not of the notorious, infamous rank of profane Sinners, but their lives have been drawn more smoothly through a course of Civility. These have as great need to be pressed to Repentance and Faith as the most notorious Sinners in the world. These are a Generation that bless themselves in their own eyes, and thank God with the Pharisee, Luke 18. 11. That they are not as other men. They acknowledge Conversion to be the duty of the profane; that such Sinners as I last dealt with, stand in apparent need of it: But as for themselves, they scarce know where to find matter for Repentance, nor do they feel any need of Christ. Now I would lay three Considerations before such persons, to convince them that their Case is as sad and hazardous, yea, and in some respect more hazardous than the state of the most notorious Sinners in the world; and that a Change must also pass upon them, or else it had been good for them they had never been born.
2. I will close up this Use of Exhortation to another sort of persons who are not of the notorious, infamous rank of profane Sinners, but their lives have been drawn more smoothly through a course of Civility. These have as great need to be prest to Repentance and Faith as the most notorious Sinners in the world. These are a Generation that bless themselves in their own eyes, and thank God with the Pharisee, Luke 18. 11. That they are not as other men. They acknowledge Conversion to be the duty of the profane; that such Sinners as I last dealt with, stand in apparent need of it: But as for themselves, they scarce know where to find matter for Repentance, nor do they feel any need of Christ. Now I would lay three Considerations before such persons, to convince them that their Case is as sad and hazardous, yea, and in some respect more hazardous than the state of the most notorious Sinners in the world; and that a Change must also pass upon them, or else it had been good for them they had never been born.
I. Consideration. Let the civilized part of the world lay this thought close to their hearts, That though their sins be not so gross and horrid to appearance as other mens are, yet continued in, they will prove as mortal and destructive, as those greater Abominations of other men. No sin absolutely considered is small. Every sin is mortal and damning without Christ;