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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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Thirdly, This spiritual internal voice of Christ is distinguishable by the Soul that hears it from all other voices, John 10. 4. The Sheep know his voice. As in the style of the Scriptures, there is a weight and majesty which distinguishes it from all human composures; so in this voice of Christ, there is a Majesty, a peculiar Efficacy, a divine and awful Authority, by which the Soul distinguishes it from all human voices. It was said of Christ in the days of his flesh, John 7. 46. Never man spake like this man. The same may we say of his spiritual voice, the Soul never heard such a voice before; it seals the truth upon the heart so firmly, that no Objections are left against it. It was not so when we heard the voice of man. And there are two things in this inward voice of Christ, which apparently difference it from all human voices. (1.) A marvellous light comes into the Soul with it, which discovers all the secrets of the heart. God shines into the heart the same time he speaks unto it, 2 Cor. 4. 6. and now the ⟨p. 287⟩secrets of the heart are manifest, and God is acknowledged to be in that Word of Truth, 1 Cor. 14. 25.
Thirdly, This spiritual internal voice of Christ is distinguishable by the Soul that hears it from all other voices, Iohn 10. 4. The Sheep know his voice. As in the style of the Scriptures, there is a weight and majesty which distinguishes it from all human composures; so in this voice of Christ, there is a Majesty, a peculiar Efficacy, a divine and awful Authority, by which the Soul distinguishes it from all human voices. It was said of Christ in the days of his flesh,