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The Fountain of Life Opened
The fountain of life opened, or, A display of Christ in his essential and mediatorial glory wherein the impetration of our redemption by Jesus Christ is orderly unfolded as it was begun, carried on, and finished by his covenant-transaction, mysterious incarnation, solemn call and dedication ... / by John Flavell ...The fountain of life opened, or, A display of Christ in his essential and mediatorial glory wherein the impetration of our redemption by Jesus Christ is orderly unfolded as it was begun, carryed on, and finished by his covenant-transaction, mysterious incarnation, solemn call and dedication ... / by John Flavell ...
London: printed for Rob. White, 1673
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.
Corollary 8.
1Was there one, and but one of the twelve that proved a Judas, a Traitor to Christ? Learn thence, That it is a most unreasonable thing to be prejudiced at Religion, and the sincere professors of it; because some that profess it, prove naught and vile.
1Was there one, and but one of the twelve that proved a Iudas, a Traytor to Christ? Learn thence, That it is a most unreasonable thing to be prejudiced at Religion, and the sincere professors of it; because some that profess it, prove naught and vile.
- 1Cor. 8.
Should the Eleven suffer for one Judas? Alas, they abhorred both the Traitor and his treason. As well might the High-Priest, and his Servants have condemned Peter, John and all the rest whose souls abhorred the wickedness. If Judas proved a vile wretch, yet there was Eleven to one that remained upright: if Judas proved naught, it was not his profession made him so, but his hypocrisy. He never learnt it from Christ. If Religion must be charged with all the miscarriages of its Professors, then there is no pure Religion in the world. Name that Religion among the Professors whereof, there is not one Judas. Take heed, Reader, of prejudices against godliness on this account. The design of the Devil without doubt is, to undo thee eternally by them. Woe to the world because of offences,