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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
V. Effect.
A fifth Effect or consequent of Christs powerful voice, is an attractive efficacy, or sweet allicion of the Soul to Christ, by that power and efficacy which it communicates to the Soul, John 6. 44, 45. No Man can come to me except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him. Every Man therefore that hath heard and learned of the Father cometh unto me. Mark it, this voice speedily puts the Soul ⟨p. 303⟩into motion after Christ; coming follows hearing: When once the Soul hath heard the voice of God, away it comes from all the engagements in the World; all bonds and ties betwixt the Soul and sin break asunder and give way; nothing can hold it from Christ. There is a strange restlessness in the Spirit of Man, nothing but Christ can centre and quiet it.
A fifth Effect or consequent of Christs powerful voice, is an attractive efficacy, or sweet allicion of the Soul to Christ, by that power and efficacy which it communicates to the Soul, Iohn 6. 44, 45. No Man can come to me except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him. Every Man therefore that hath heard and learned of the Father cometh unto me. Mark it, this voice speedily puts the Soul ⟨p. 303⟩into motion after Christ; coming follows hearing: When once the Soul hath heard the voice of God, away it comes from all the engagements in the World; all bonds and ties betwixt the Soul and sin break asunder and give way; nothing can hold it from Christ. There is a strange restlesness in the Spirit of Man, nothing but Christ can centre and quiet it.