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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, Labour to see and feel thy need of Christ, and then thou wilt quickly be willing to give up all the pleasures of sin for the enjoyment of him. What makes men so tenacious of their lusts, so hard to be persuaded to give up their sinful pleasures, but this, that they never felt the need of a Saviour! Oh sinner, didst thou but feel thy need of Christ, wert thou but an hungry and thirsty for him; thou wouldst never stand upon such trifles for the enjoyment of him. We read, in the famine of Jerusalem, how they parted with their pleasant things for bread to relieve their Souls; Jewels, Rings, Bracelets, things which ⟨p. 387⟩cost dear, and were highly valued at another time, now were willingly parted with for bread. Christ is more necessary to thee than thy necessary bread.
Secondly, Consider the spiritual and immortal nature of thine own Soul, which cannot live upon material things, and must over-live all temporary things. Now if thy Soul cannot live upon them, and must certainly over-live them; what a miserable condition will it unavoidably fall into, when all these sensual and sinful enjoyments are vanished and gone, as thou knowest they shortly will be, 1 John 2. 17. These things pass away; and then hath thy Soul nothing to live upon to all eternity.
Secondly, Consider the spiritual and immortal nature of thine own Soul, which cannot live upon material things, and must over-live all temporary things. Now if thy Soul cannot live upon them, and must certainly over-live them; what a miserable condition will it unavoidably fall into, when all these sensual and sinful enjoyments are vanished and gone, as thou knowest they shortly will be, 1 Iohn 2. 17. These things pass away; and then hath thy Soul nothing to live upon to all eternity.