A39663:1526
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.
Inference 1.
1How falsely is the Gospel charged as the cause of discord and trouble in the world. 'Tis not light, but darkness that makes men fierce and cruel. As light increases so doth peace, Isa. 11.6, 9. The Wolf also shall dwell with the Lamb, and the Leopard lie down with the Kid; and the Calf and the young Lyon, and the fatling together; and a little Child shall lead them, they ⟨p. 405⟩shall not hurt, nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the Sea. What a sad condition would the world be in without Gospel light! All places would be dens of rapine, and mountains of prey. Certainly we owe much of our Civil Liberty, and outward tranquillity to Gospel light. If a sword, and variance at any time follow the Gospel, it's but an accidental not a direct and proper effect of it.
1How falsly is the Gospel charged as the cause of discord and trouble in the world. 'Tis not light, but darkness that makes men fierce and cruel. As light increases so doth peace, Isa. 11.6, 9. The Wolf also shall dwell with the Lamb, and the Leopard lie down with the Kid; and the Calf and the young Lyon, and the fatling together; and a little Child shall lead them, they ⟨p. 405⟩shall not hurt, nor destroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the Sea. What a sad condition would the world be in without Gospel light! All places would be dens of rapine, and mountains of prey. Certainly we owe much of our Civil Liberty, and outward tranquillity to Gospel light. If a sword, and variance at any time follow the Gospel, it's but an accidental not a direct and proper effect of it.