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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.
Fourthly, Thy present vileness and unworthiness can be no bar to Christs entrance into thy Soul, because Christ never yet objected to any man his unworthiness, but his unwillingness to come unto him, John 5. 40. You will not come unto me, that you might have life. And again, Matth. 23. 37. How oft would I have gathered thy Children, and ye would not? Indeed, you find something like a repulse from Christ to that poor Canaanitess, Mat. 15. 24, 26. Lord help me, said that poor distressed Soul; but he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to dogs. However harshly and discouragingly these words sound, yet certainly it was none of Christs intent to damp and discourage her faith, but to draw it forth to a more excellent and intense degree; which effect it obtained, vers. 27.
Fourthly, Thy present vileness and unworthiness can be no bar to Christs entrance into thy Soul, because Christ never yet objected to any man his unworthiness, but his unwillingness to come unto him, Iohn 5. 40. You will not come unto me, that you might have life. And again, Matth. 23. 37. How oft would I have gathered thy Children, and ye would not? Indeed, you find something like a repulse from Christ to that poor Canaanitess, Mat. 15. 24, 26. Lord help me, said that poor distressed Soul; but he answered and said, It is not meet to take the childrens bread, and cast it to dogs. However harshly and discouragingly these words sound, yet certainly it was none of Christs intent to damp and discourage her faith, but to draw it forth to a more excellent and intense degree; which effect it obtained, vers. 27.