A39663:1146
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 10.
Did the Devil win the consent of Judas to such a design as this?1 Could he get no other hand but the hand of an Apostle to assist him? Learn hence, That the policy of Satan lies much in the choice of his instruments he works by. No bird (saith one) like a living bird to tempt others into the net.2 Pelagius, Socinus, &c. were fit persons for that work the Devil put them upon. Austin told an ingenious young Scholar, the Devil coveted him for an ornament. He knows he hath a foul cause to manage, and therefore will get the fairest hand he can, to manage it with the less suspicion.
Did the Devil win the consent of Iudas to such a design as this?1 Could he get no other hand but the hand of an Apostle to assist him? Learn hence, That the policy of Satan lies much in the choice of his instruments he works by. No bird (saith one) like a living bird to tempt others into the net.2 Pelagius, Socinus, &c. were fit persons for that work the Devil put them upon. Austin told an ingenious young Scholar, the Devil coveted him for an ornament. He knows he hath a foul cause to manage, and therefore will get the fairest hand he can, to manage it with the less suspicion.
- 1Cor. 10.
- 2Cupit abs te ornari Diabolus.