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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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First,1 This he doth to express the great joy and satisfaction his Soul hath in the faith and obedience of poor Sinners. We read, Isa. 53. 11. of the hard travel of Christs Soul, and the great satisfaction he hath in the fruit and issue thereof: He shall see of the travel of his Soul, and shall be satisfied. O what pleasure and satisfaction doth it give him to behold the eternal counsels of God, and sore travels of his Soul brought to such a birth! there is no pleasure like it, to the Soul of Christ in this world. As it is abundant satisfaction to a man to behold the accomplishment of a design upon which he hath laid out many thoughts, and much cost, at last happily finished: Or as it is to a Woman that hath had a hard labour, a sore travel for a Child, to behold the fruit of her Womb, to embrace and smile ⟨p. 373⟩upon that Child she travailed for. So and much more than so it is to Christ; and therefore as the Father of the Prodigal manifested the Joy of his heart for the return of his Son, (who was to him as dead and lost) by a feast and music: So doth Christ here answerably manifest the content and satisfaction of his Soul, by entertaining the Believer with these royal dainties of Heaven: 'tis the Souls welcome home to Christ.
First,1 This he doth to express the great joy and satisfaction his Soul hath in the faith and obedience of poor Sinners. We read, Isa. 53. 11. of the hard travel of Christs Soul, and the great satisfaction he hath in the fruit and issue thereof: He shall see of the travel of his Soul, and shall be satisfied. O what pleasure and satisfaction doth it give him to behold the eternal counsels of God, and sore travels of his Soul brought to such a birth! there is no pleasure like it, to the Soul of Christ in this world. As it is abundant satisfaction to a man to behold the accomplishment of a design upon which he hath laid out many thoughts, and much cost, at last happily finished: Or as it is to a Woman that hath had a hard labour, a sore travel for a Child, to behold the fruit of her Womb, to embrace and smile ⟨p. 373⟩