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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.
SERMON IX.
Revel. 3. 20. —If any Man hear my voice [and open the door,]
THE powerful voice of Christ is the Key that opens the door of the Soul to receive him. The opening of the heart to receive Christ is the main design aimed at in all the external and internal administrations of the Gospel and Spirit.
The Gospel hath two great Designs and Intentions. One is, To open the heart of God to men, and to show them the everlasting counsels of Grace and Peace which were hid in God from Ages and Generations past; that all men may now see what God had been designing and contriving for their happiness in Christ before the world was; Ephes. 3. 9. To make all men see what is the fellowship of the Mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ, to the intent that now unto the Principalities and Powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God. The next Intention and Aim of the Gospel is to set open the