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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.
It is not the design of this Epistle to complement, but to benefit you. Not to blazon your excellencies, but Christs. Not to acquaint the world how much you ⟨image 3⟩have endeared me to your self, but to increase and strengthen the endearments betwixt Christ and you; upon your part. I might indeed (this being a proper place for it,) pay you my acknowledgements for your great kindnesses to me and mine; of which I assure you I have, and ever shall have deep resentments: but you and I are Theatre enough to one another, and can satisfy our selves with the enclosed comforts and delights of our mutual love and friendship: but let me tell you, the whole world is not a Theatre large enough, to show the glory of Christ upon: or unfold the one half of the unsearchable riches that lye hid in him. These things will be far better understood, and spoken of in Heaven, by the noon day Divinity in which the immediately illuminated Assembly do there preach his praises; than by such a stammering tongue, and scribbling pen as mine; which doth but mar them.
It is not the design of this Epistle to complement, but to benefit you. Not to blazon your excellencies, but Christs. Not to acquaint the world how much you ⟨image 3⟩have endeared me to your self, but to increase and strengthen the endearments betwixt Christ and you; upon your part. I might indeed (this being a proper place for it,) pay you my acknowledgements for your great kindnesses to me and mine; of which I assure you I have, and ever shall have deep resentments: but you and I are Theatre enough to one another, and can satisfie our selves with the inclosed comforts and delights of our mutual love and friendship: but let me tell you, the whole world is not a Theatre large enough, to shew the glory of Christ upon: or unfold the one half of the unsearchable riches that lye hid in him. These things will be far better understood, and spoken of in Heaven, by the noon day Divinity in which the immediately illuminated Assembly do there preach his praises; than by such a stammering tongue, and scribling pen as mine; which doth but mar them.