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Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /
Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume / by several ministers in and about London, preached in October, 1689.
London: printed by James Astwood for John Dunton, 1690
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.
Second Branch of the Question. What is the measure of that fullness of God, with which every true Christian ought to pray, and strive that he may be filled?
Second Branch of the Question. What is the measure of that fulness of God, with which every true Christian ought to pray, and strive that he may be filled?
There is Plenitudo fontis, & Plenitudo Vasis; the Fullness of the Fountain, and the Fullness of the Vessel. There is again Plenitudo Solis, & Stellae; the fullness of Light in the Sun, and the fullness of Light in a Star. Again, there is Plenitudo Capitis, & Membri, the Fullness of the Head, and the fullness of a Member: A Fountain is full; a Vessel may be full, but with different measures: Jesus Christ, as Head of the Church, has the Fullness of the Spirit without measure, John 3.34. A gracious Soul may be also full, but it is with the residue of the Spirit, which Christ can spare for the use of those that are his, Mal. 2.15.
There is Plenitudo fontis, & Plenitudo Vasis; the Fulness of the Fountain, and the Fulness of the Vessel. There is again Plenitudo Solis, & Stellae; the fulness of Light in the Sun, and the fulness of Light in a Star. Again, there is Plenitudo Capitis, & Membri, the Fulness of the Head, and the fulness of a Member: A Fountain is full; a Vessel may be full, but with different measures: Jesus Christ, as Head of the Church, has the Fulness of the Spirit without measure, John 3.34. A gracious Soul may be also full, but it is with the residue of the Spirit, which Christ can spare for the use of those that are his, Mal. 2.15.