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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.
The Ministers of Christ may be ill rewarded by men, persecuted and reproached for their labour; but God will bountifully repay their pains and faithfulness, Dan. 12. 3. They that turn many unto righteousness shall shine as the Stars, and as the brightness of the firmament for ever and ever. All these things be speak it a very great and important design upon which the heart of God is much set.
The Ministers of Christ may be ill rewarded by men, perfecuted and reproached for their labour; but God will bountifully repay their pains and faithfulness, Dan. 12. 3. They that turn many unto righteousness shall shine as the Stars, and as the brightness of the firmament for ever and ever. All these things be speak it a very great and important design upon which the heart of God is much set.
Secondly, And then in the next place, as it is an exceeding great and important design and work of God, so it is a very hard and difficult work in it self; a work whose difficulties surmounts the abilities of Angels. It is certainly a work carried on by the mighty power of God, through the greatest oppositions imaginable. And therefore it is noted, Rev. 3. 7. that it is the peculiar Prerogative of Jesus Christ, who only hath the Key of the house of David, to open the heart of a Sinner by Faith. Men think it is an easy thing to believe; but if you consult the Scriptures, you will quickly be informed how grossly you mistake the nature of this work. In Col. 2. 12. the believing Soul is said to rise with Christ, through the faith of the operation of God, who raised him from the dead. In the Resurrection of Christ, there was a glorious operation of the power of God indeed; you know it astonished the world to hear of it. The very same power that wrought that, must also be put forth to work this, or else it would never be wrought. So again,