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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.
(1.) That those comforts communicated by ⟨p. 369⟩the Spirit to Believers are of the same kind with the Joys of Heaven, though in a far inferior degree, 1 Pet. 1. 8. called there Joy unspeakable and full of glory, and Rom. 8. 23. called there, The first-fruits of the Spirit. The First-Fruits and the Crop or Harvest are one in kind. Surely there is something of Heaven as well as Hell tasted by men in this world: Hell is begun here in the terrors of some mens Consciences; and Heaven also is begun here in the absolution, peace and comfort of other mens Consciences.
(1.) That those comforts communicated by ⟨p. 369⟩the Spirit to Believers are of the same kind with the Joys of Heaven, though in a far inferiour degree, 1 Pet. 1. 8. called there Ioy unspeakable and full of glory, and Rom. 8. 23. called there, The first-fruits of the Spirit. The First-Fruits and the Crop or Harvest are one in kind. Surely there is something of Heaven as well as Hell tasted by men in this world: Hell is begun here in the terrors of some mens Consciences; and Heaven also is begun here in the absolution, peace and comfort of other mens Consciences.
(2.) As an earnest is part of the sum or inheritance, so the use and end of it is confirmation and security; as much as to say, Take this in part till the whole be paid: yea, take it for thy security that the whole shall be paid. Believers have a double pledge or earnest for Heaven; one in the person of Christ, who is entered into that glory for them,