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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.
Let my Lord Jesus (since he will do so) weave my bit, and span length of time wi•h white and black; well and woe. — Let the rose be neighbour with the thorn. — When we are over the water Christ shall cry. Down Crosses and up Heaven for evermore. Down Hell, and down Death, and down Sin, and down Sorrow: and up Glory, up Life, up Joy for evermore. 'Tis true, Christ and his Cross are not separable in this life, how be it, Christ and his Cross part at Heavens door. For there is no house-room for crosses in Heaven. One tear, one sigh, one sad heart, one fear, one loss, one thought of trouble, cannot find lodging there. — Sorrow and the saints are not married together; or suppose it were so, Heaven shall make a divorce. Life is but short, and therefore crosses cannot be long. Our sufferings are but for a while. 1 Pet. 5.10. They are but the sufferings of the present time. Rom. 8.18.
Let my Lord Jesus (since he will do so) weave my bit, and span length of time wi•h white and black; well and wo. — Let the rose be neighbour with the thorn. — When we are over the water Christ shall cry. Down Crosses and up Heaven for evermore. Down Hell, and down Death, and down Sin, and down Sorrow: and up Glory, up Life, up Joy for evermore. 'Tis true, Christ and his Cross are not separable in this life, how be it, Christ and his Cross part at Heavens door. For there is no house-room for crosses in Heaven. One tear, one sigh, one sad heart, one fear, one loss, one thought of trouble, cannot find lodging there. — Sorrow and the saints are not married together; or suppose it were so, Heaven shall make a divorce. Life is but short, and therefore crosses cannot be long. Our sufferings are but for a while. 1 Pet. 5.10. They are but the sufferings of the present time. Rom. 8.18.