A39660:822
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.
IX. DOCT.
That the opening of the heart to receive Christ by Faith,1 is the great design and aim of the Gospel.
- 19. Doct.
This is the Mark to which all the Arrows in the Gospel Quiver are levelled; the Centre unto which those blessed Lines are drawn, John 20. 31. These things are written that you might believe, and believing might have life through his Name. All those precious Truths that are written in the Scriptures are to bring you to Faith. The great aim of the Spirit in his Illuminations, Convictions, Humiliations, &c. are the very same thing, John 6. 29. This is the work of God, that you believe. 'Tis not only Opus Deo dignum, a work worthy of such an Author, but it is that on which God's eye is fixed in his workings upon us; the end and aim of his work.
This is the Mark to which all the Arrows in the Gospel Quiver are levelled; the Centre unto which those blessed Lines are drawn, Iohn 20. 31. These things are written that you might believe, and believing might have life through his Name. All those precious Truths that are written in the Scriptures are to bring you to Faith. The great aim of the Spirit in his Illuminations, Convictions, Humiliations, &c. are the very same thing,