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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.
IV. Advice.
Fourthly, Be much in renewing the acts and exercises of faith; be frequent in that work.
Your first faith hath brought in your first comfort, your renewing and repeating those precious acts of faith will bring you in greater stores of comfort than you yet enjoy. We are not to look upon faith as a single, but a continued act, 1 Pet. 2. 4. To whom coming as unto a living stone. Thy Soul Christian is to be in a continual motion towards Christ; the more you believe, ⟨p. 391⟩the more you will rejoice. You see the door through which comfort comes into your Souls. Joy is the daughter of faith, Rom. 15. 13. your present comfort is the first birth of faith; but there are many comforts more in the womb of faith, which will yet be born to your Souls if unbelief cause not a miscarriage.
Your first faith hath brought in your first comfort, your renewing and repeating those precious acts of faith will bring you in greater stores of comfort than you yet enjoy. We are not to look upon faith as a single, but a continued act, 1 Pet. 2. 4. To whom coming as unto a living stone. Thy Soul Christian is to be in a continual motion towards Christ; the more you believe,