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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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II. Inference.
Learn from hence, the prodigious stubbornness and hardness of the Hearts of Men living daily under the Gospel,1 which still resist it, though it bear upon them in part of it.
Learn from hence, the prodigious stubornness and hardness of the Hearts of Men living dayly under the Gospel,1 which still resist it, though it bear upon them in part of it.
- 12. Infer.
You have heard how all its commands, promises, threatenings and examples, bear directly and jointly upon the Hearts of sinners, to get open the Will to Christ. And yet how few are there comparatively that obey and answer this great design of it! All these are like Heavens great Artillery planted against the unbelief and stubbornness of the Hearts of Men, to batter down their carnal reasonings, overthrow their vain hopes, and open a fair passage for Christ into their Soul, 2 Cor. 10. 4, 5. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God; to the pulling down of strong holds, casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts it self against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. If a mount be raised, and many Canon planted thereon, and all played against the wall of a Fort, thousands of shots made, and yet no breach, not one stone moved out of its place; you will say that's a strong Wall indeed. Beloved, God hath as I may say, raised a Mount in the Gospel, planted the great Ordinance of Heaven upon it; discharged many dreadful volleys of threatenings, nay he hath, as it were, come under the walls of the unbelieving Soul, with terms of grace and mercy, and yet no opening; O prodigious obstinacy! We have piped unto you, but ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, but ye have not lamented,