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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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SERMON VIII.
Revel. 3. 20. Behold, I stand at the door and knock, if any Man [hear my voice] and open the door, I will come into him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
IN the former Sermon Christs free and general invitation to sinners hath been considered; in the next place, we are to take into consideration the principal means or instrument by which the Heart of a sinner is opened to receive Christ; and that is not by the native power of his own Will, nor by the alone efficacy of the Gospel preached, but by the voice of Jesus Christ, which opens the Will, and makes the persuasions of the Gospel effectual. If any Man hear my voice.
IN the former Sermon Christs free and general invitation to sinners hath been considered; in the next place, we are to take into consideration the principal means or instrument by which the Heart of a sinner is opened to receive Christ; and that is not by the native power of his own Will, nor by the alone efficacy of the Gospel preached, but by the voice of Iesus Christ, which opens the Will, and makes the perswasions of the Gospel effectual. If any Man hear my voice.
Hearing is either External, or Internal; for the Soul hath its Ears, as well as the Body. He that hath an Ear let him hear, what the Spirit saith unto the Churches,