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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.
Secondly, They differ in Constancy; the best comforts upon Earth are found to be intermitting comforts; a Sun-blast and a Cloud; a good day and a bad; you know housekeepers feed upon two sorts of meat, daily-bread, and dainties; rarities come not every day to the Table. The daily-bread upon which believers live, is the recumbence, and affiance of faith; as for assurance and joy, those come but now and then.
Secondly, They differ in Constancy; the best comforts upon Earth are found to be intermitting comforts; a Sun-blast and a Cloud; a good day and a bad; you know houskeepers feed upon two sorts of meat, dayly-bread, and dainties; rarities come not every day to the Table. The dayly-bread upon which believers live, is the recumbence, and affiance of faith; as for assurance and joy, those come but now and then.
Thirdly, They differ in Purity, as well as Constancy; here we have the comforts of the Spirit, but we mingle sin with them, and usually the sin of Spiritual pride, which spoils all. Yea, many times the Lord suffers Satan to mingle his temptations and injections with them, lest we should be exalted, 2 Cor. 12. 7. But above, the comforts of the Saints are as the pure water of life, clear as Crystal, Rev. 22. 1.
Thirdly, They differ in Purity, as well as Constancy; here we have the comforts of the Spirit, but we mingle sin with them, and usually the sin of Spiritual pride, which spoils all. Yea, many times the Lord suffers Satan to mingle his temptations and injections with them, lest we should be exalted, 2 Cor. 12. 7. But above, the comforts of the Saints are as the pure water of life, clear as Cristal, Rev. 22. 1.