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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.
The first is fundamental to the second; we can have no actual Communion with the Father, Son or Spirit till we be first brought into a state of Communion. This state of Communion is in Scripture called [Greek or Hebrew], our fellowship or partnership with Christ. Such a Fellowship as Merchants have in one and the same Ship and Cargo; where one hath more and another less, but however a joint though unequal interest; one lives in one Kingdom, another in another Kingdom, but they are jointly interested in the same Goods. This comparison must not be stretched beyond its intention, which is to show nothing but this, that Christ and believers are co-partners, or co-heirs in the same inheritance; hence they are called, Psal. 45. 7. his fellows; God even thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows; and again, Rom. 8. 17. If children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. Christ states his people, gives then a right and title not only to himself, but to those good things purchased ⟨p. 398⟩by him; yea, and the very glory he now enjoys in Heaven, John 17. 22. The glory which thou gavest me, I have given them.
The first is fundamental to the second; we can have no actual Communion with the Father, Son or Spirit till we be first brought into a state of Communion. This state of Communion is in Scripture called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, our fellowship or partnership with Christ. Such a Fellowship as Merchants have in one and the same Ship and Cargo; where one hath more and another less, but however a joint though unequal interest; one lives in one Kingdom, another in another Kingdom, but they are joyntly interested in the same Goods. This comparison must not be stretcht beyond its intention, which is to shew nothing but this, that Christ and believers are co-partners, or co-heirs in the same inheritance; hence they are called, Psal. 45. 7. his fellows; God even thy God hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladness above thy fellows; and again,