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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.
IX. Advice.
Ninthly, Long for Heaven, where the fullness of those joys is, whereof these you taste are but the earnests and first-fruits.
Ninthly, Long for Heaven, where the fulness of those joys is, whereof these you taste are but the earnests and first-fruits.
One design of God in giving them, is to set us a longing after Heaven; to help our conceptions, and raise our affections; if these be so sweet, what must they be? Rom. 8. 23. We which have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we our selves, groan within our selves; waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. We are not sit down satisfied, and say we have enough in these first-fruits; but they are given to set us a groaning after fullness of those enjoyments. This answers Gods end in giving them.
One design of God in giving them, is to set us a longing after Heaven; to help our conceptions, and raise our affections; if these be so sweet, what must they be? Rom. 8. 23. We which have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we our selves, groan within our selves; waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. We are not sit down satisfied, and say we have enough in these first-fruits; but they are given to set us agroaning after fulness of those enjoyments. This answers Gods end in giving them.