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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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Thirdly, In the next place, I shall show you, That when Christ comes into the Soul he will not come empty handed. 'Tis Christs marriage day, and he will make it a good day; a festival day; bringing such comforts along with him, as the Soul never tasted before; he spreads as it were a Table, furnishes it with the delicates of Heaven: I will sup with him, saith the Text: What those Spiritual mercies are which Christ brings a long with him to the opening willing Soul, comes next in order to be spoken to. And
Thirdly, In the next place, I shall shew you, That when Christ comes into the Soul he will not come empty handed. 'Tis Christs marriage day, and he will make it a good day; a festival day; bringing such comforts along with him, as the Soul never tasted before; he spreads as it were a Table, furnishes it with the delicates of Heaven: I will sup with him, saith the Text: What those Spiritual mercies are which Christ brings a long with him to the opening willing Soul, comes next in order to be spoken to. And
1. When Christ comes into the Soul of a sinner, he brings a Pardon with him, a full, a free, and a final pardon of all the sins that ever that Soul committed. This is a feast of it self; good cheer indeed: Christ thought it to be so when he told the poor Palsy-man, Matth. 9. 2. Son be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee. He doth not say, Be of good cheer, thy Palsy is cured, thy body recovered from the grave; but be of good cheer, thy sins are pardoned. O how sweetly may the pardoned Soul feed upon this! ⟨p. 358⟩And this is not any peculiar mercy, designed for some special favourites, but what is common to all believers, Acts 13. 43. By him all that believe, are justified from all things. Christ and pardon come together; and without a pardon no other mercy would relish; no feast, no music, no money, or honour, have any favour or comfort with them to a condemned man; but the comfort of a pardon reaches to the very Heart,