A39663:1396
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.
Secondly, The person against whom it is commissionated, My Shepherd, 1and the man that is my fellow. This Shepherd can be no other than Christ who is often in Scripture styled a Shepherd, yea, the chief Shepherd, the Prince of Pastors. Who redeemed, feeds, guides, and preserves the flock of Gods Elect, 1 Pet. 5.4. Joh. 10.11. This is he whom he also stiles the man his fellow. Or his neighbour as some render it.2 And so Christ is in respect of his equality and unity with the Father both in essence and will. His next neighbour.3 His other self. You have the sense of it in Phil. 2.6. He was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with God.
Secondly, The person against whom it is commissionated, My Shepherd, 1and the man that is my fellow. This Shepherd can be no other than Christ who is often in Scripture stiled a Shepherd, yea, the chief Shepherd, the Prince of Pastors. Who redeemed, feeds, guides, and preserves the flock of Gods Elect, 1 Pet. 5.4. Ioh. 10.11. This is he whom he also stiles the man his fellow. Or his neighbour as some render it.2 And so Christ is in respect of his equality and unity with the Father both in essence and will. His next neighbour.3 His other self. You have the sence of it in