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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
Sermon 10 › Application 2: II. Use.Sermon 10 › Application 2: II. Vse.
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First, To those that are out of Christ, and will not yet be persuaded to open their Hearts and consent to his terms. O what a spiritual infatuation is here! What, shut the door of thy Heart against Christ, and all the delights and comforts of this and the coming World! What madness is this! Hear me thou poor deluded sinner, that wilt not be persuaded to part with thy sinful sensual delights in exchange for Christ, and the peace, comfort, and joy that follow him: I have a few things to speak on Christs behalf at this time; O that they might prevail, O that by ⟨p. 384⟩them the Spirit of the Lord might persuade thy Spirit, thou poor unregenerate creature! Let me offer four or five Considerations or Pleas on Christs behalf; if haply they may prevail and make way for his entertainment in thy Soul. And
First, To those that are out of Christ, and will not yet be perswaded to open their Hearts and consent to his terms. O what a spiritual infatuation is here! What, shut the door of thy Heart against Christ, and all the delights and comforts of this and the coming World! What madness is this! Hear me thou poor deluded sinner, that wilt not be perswaded to part with thy sinful sensual delights in exchange for Christ, and the peace, comfort, and joy that follow him: I have a few things to speak on Christs behalf at this time; O that they might prevail, O that by ⟨p. 384⟩them the Spirit of the Lord might perswade thy Spirit, thou poor unregenerate creature! Let me offer four or five Considerations or Pleas on Christs behalf; if haply they may prevail and make way for his entertainment in thy Soul. And
I.1 Let me plead thine own necessity with thee; a mighty argument, which in other cases useth to make its way through all oppositions, and make all difficulties fly before it; thou art a poor, necessitous, pining, famishing Soul; however thy body be accommodated, thou hast not one bit of spiritual bread for thy famishing Soul to live upon. Christ is the bread that cometh down from Heaven; the starving Prodigal,