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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
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Before our Union with Christ, we are strangers unto God, Eph. 2. I3. We live without God in the World; 'tis in Christ that we are made nigh; 'tis in the beloved we are made accepted. Whilst we are in the state of alienation from Christ, we have no more to do with the communications of joy and peace, with the seals and earnests of the Spirit, than a Native Indian hath with the privileges of London. If any man open to me, saith Christ, I will come in to him and sup with him, and he with me.
II. Communion with God presupposes the habits of grace implanted in the Soul by sanctification; a found and sincere change of Heart. No sanctification, no communion, 1 John 1. 6. If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness we lye, and do not the truth. The Apostle gives the lye to such bold pretenders: The Lord is nigh to all that call upon him, unto all that call upon him in truth: That latter clause restrains all spiritual communion unto upright Souls. For an Hypocrite shall not come before him, Job 13. 16.
II. Communion with God presupposes the habits of grace implanted in the Soul by sanctification; a found and sincere change of Heart. No sanctification, no communion, 1 Iohn 1. 6. If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness we lye, and do not the truth. The Apostle gives the lye to such bold pretenders: The Lord is nigh to all that call upon him, unto all that call upon him in truth: That latter clause restrains all spiritual communion unto upright Souls. For an Hypocrite shall not come before him, Job 13. 16.