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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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(2.) The rest and quietness which follows it, makes it an invaluable mercy; this brings the anxious solicitous Mind and Conscience to rest and peace. O what a mercy is it to have all those knots untied, those objections answered, those fears banished, under which the doubting Soul so long laboured, and which kept it so many nights waking and restless! God only knows at what rate some poor Creatures live under the scarings of their own Consciences, and frequent fears of Hell: And what an inconceivable mercy it would be to them to be delivered at once from their dangers and fears, which hold them under a Spirit of Bondage? Open to Christ, and thou art in the way to such a deliverance, Come unto me and I will give you rest, saith Christ, Matth. 11. 28, 29.
(2.) The rest and quietness which follows it, makes it an invaluable mercy; this brings the anxious solicitous Mind and Conscience to rest and peace. O what a mercy is it to have all those knots untied, those objections answer'd, those fears banished, under which the doubting Soul so long laboured, and which kept it so many nights waking and restless! God only knows at what rate some poor Creatures live under the scarings of their own Consciences, and frequent fears of Hell: And what an inconceivable mercy it would be to them to be delivered at once from their dangers and fears, which hold them under a Spirit of Bondage? Open to Christ, and thou art in the way to such a deliverance, Come unto me and I will give you rest, saith Christ, Matth. 11. 28, 29.
(3.) This sealing of the Spirit which follows upon believing, will establish the Soul in Christ, confirm it and settle it in the ways of God, which is an unspeakable privilege, 2 Cor. 1. 22. Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ is God, who also hath sealed us. Mark how establishment follows sealing. New temptations may come, great persecutions and sore afflictions may come; but how well is that Soul provided for them all, that hath the sealings of the Spirit unto the day of redemption? Yea, though the Soul that was sealed should for the present be under