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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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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, Iohn 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.
Great persons have great designs. This is the glorious project of the great God, and every Person in the Godhead is engaged and concerned in it. (1.) The Father hath his hand in this work, and such a hand as without it no heart could ever open ⟨p. 323⟩or move in the least towards Christ, John 6. 44. No man can come unto me (saith Christ) except my Father, which hath sent me, draw him. None but he that raised up Christ from the dead, can raise up a dead heart unto saving Faith in him. (2.) The sons hand is in this work, he is not only the Object but the Author of our Faith,