A39663:1485
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.
Fifthly, As his Faith eyeing the glory into which he was passing, made him endure all things; so the Heavenliness of his Spirit also filled him with a Heavenly tranquility, and calmness of Spirit under all his abuses, and injuries. It's a certain truth, that the more heavenly any mans spirit is, the more sedate, composed, and peaceful. As the higher Heavens (saith Seneca) are more ordinate,1 and tranquil. There are neither clouds, nor winds, storms, nor tempests, they are the inferior Heavens that lighten, and thunder. The nearer the earth the more tempestuous, and unquiet. Even so the sublime and heavenly mind, is placed in a calm and quiet station
Fifthly, As his Faith eyeing the glory into which he was passing, made him endure all things; so the Heavenliness of his Spirit also fill'd him with a Heavenly tranquility, and calmness of Spirit under all his abuses, and injuries. It's a certain truth, that the more heavenly any mans spirit is, the more sedate, composed, and peaceful. As the higher Heavens (saith Seneca) are more ordinate,1 and tranquil. There are neither clouds, nor winds, storms, nor tempests, they are the inferior Heavens that lighten, and thunder. The nearer the earth the more tempestuous, and unquiet. Even so the sublime and heavenly mind, is placed in a calm and quiet station
- 1Pars su•erior mundi est ordinatio•, ac propinqua syderibus, nec in nubem cogitur, nec in temp•statem impeliter; •ec v•rsat•r in turbinem: o••i tumultu cart i•fer•ora fulminant. Eodem modo sublimis animus quietus jemper & in siat•o•e tranquilla colocatur. Seneca.