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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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V.1 What light and vain things are all those pleasures of sin, for the sake whereof you deprive ⟨p. 386⟩your Souls of the everlasting comforts of Jesus Christ? Deluded Soul, 'tis not the intent of Christ to rob thee of thy comfort, but to exchange thy sinful for spiritual delights, to thy unspeakable advantage. 'Tis true, you shall have no more pleasure in sin, but in stead of that, you shall have peace with God, joy in the Holy Ghost, and solid comfort for evermore; what are the sensitive or sinful pleasures of this World? You have the total sum of them, in 1 John 2. 16, 17. All that is in the World, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof; but he that doth the will of God abideth for ever.
V.1 What light and vain things are all those pleasures of sin, for the sake whereof you deprive ⟨p. 386⟩your Souls of the everlasting comforts of Jesus Christ? Deluded Soul, 'tis not the intent of Christ to rob thee of thy comfort, but to exchange thy sinful for spiritual delights, to thy unspeakable advantage. 'Tis true, you shall have no more pleasure in sin, but in stead of that, you shall have peace with God, joy in the Holy Ghost, and solid comfort for evermore; what are the sensitive or sinful pleasures of this World? You have the total sum of them, in 1 Iohn 2. 16, 17. All that is in the World, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof; but he that doth the will of God abideth for ever.
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