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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.
I. Advice.
And first, See that you humbly admire and adore the condescending goodness of God to you, in all the comforts of the Spirit which refresh you.
Oh, that ever God should comfort such a Soul as thine, that hath so often grieved him! That Christ should be a joy to thee, who hast been a sorrow unto him! If you look into Eph. 1. 3. you will find the Spirit of the Apostle there filled with the sense and admiration of this mercy; which breaks forth into this rapturous expression, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places (or things) in Christ. Some there are that never enjoy an ordinary degree of earthly comforts, Job 30. 3, 4, 5. others enjoy abundance of earthly comforts, but no spiritual comforts, Psal. 17. 14. Some there are for whom ⟨p. 389⟩God intends everlasting consolations in the World to come; but are kept low as to spiritual comforts in this Would,