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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.
Time was when thou wast afraid to sleep, for fear thou shouldst awake in Hell: Now thou mayest say with David, I will both lay me down and sleep, for thou Lord makest me to dwell in safety. Now, come life, come death; the Soul is safe, the peace of God is its royal guard. (2.) This peace is ease as well as safety to the Soul; 'Tis heart-ease; no sooner doth God speak peace to the Conscience, but the Soul finds it self at ease and rest, Heb. 4. 3. We which have believed, do enter into rest. It is with such a Soul as it was with the Dove, Noah sent out of the Ark; that poor creature wandered in the Air, as long as her wings could carry her; had her strength failed, there was nothing but the waters to receive her. O how sweet was rest in the Ark? (3.) This peace is news from Heaven, and the sweetest tidings that ever blest the sinners Ear, next unto Christ, Heb. 12. 24. The blood of Christ speaketh better things than that of Abel. And you are come to this blood of sprinkling, the same day and hour that Christ is come into your Souls. This is the voice of that blood, Thou hast sinned, I have satisfied; Thou hast kindled the wrath of God, And I have quenched it. The Angels of Heaven cannot feed higher; their joys are not more delicious than those prepared for believers are, whereof this is a foretaste; whatever circumstances of trouble a man be in, this effectually relieves him. Paul and Silas were in sad circumstances, shut up in the inner-prison, their feet made fast in the stocks, their cruel ⟨p. 363⟩keeper at the door, their execution designed in a few days: God did but set this dish upon the Table before the prisoners, and they could not forbear to sing at the feast, Acts 16. 25. At midnight they sang, &c.
Time was when thou wast affraid to sleep, for fear thou shouldst awake in Hell: Now thou maist say with David, I will both lay me down and sleep, for thou Lord makest me to dwell in safety. Now, come life, come death; the Soul is safe, the peace of God is its royal guard. (2.) This peace is ease as well as safety to the Soul; 'Tis heart-ease; no sooner doth God speak peace to the Conscience, but the Soul finds it self at ease and rest,