A39663:1643
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.
Thirdly, The set time for the performance of this gracious Promise §3to him. To day: this very day shalt thou be with me in glory. Not after the resurrection, but immediately from the time of thy dissolution thou shalt enjoy blessedness And here I cannot but detect the cheat of those that deny an immediate state of glory to believers after death. Who to the end this Scripture (might not stand in full opposition to their as uncomfortable, as unsound opinion) loose the whole frame of it, by drawing one pin; yea, by transposing but a comma, putting it at the word day, which should be at the word thee, and so reading it thus, verily I say unto thee to day, referring the word day to the time that Christ made the promise, and not to the time of its performance. But if such a liberty as this be yielded, what may not men make the Scriptures ⟨p. 432⟩speak? There can be no doubt, but Christ in this expression, fixes the time for his happiness: To day shalt thou be with me.
Thirdly, The set time for the performance of this gratious Promise §3to him. To day: this very day shalt thou be with me in glory. Not after the resurrection, but immediately from the time of thy dissolution thou shalt enjoy blessedness And here I cannot but detect the cheat of those that deny an immediate state of glory to believers after death. Who to the end this Scripture (might not stand in full opposition to their as uncomfortable, as unsound opinion) loose the whole frame of it, by drawing one pin; yea, by transposing but a comma, putting it at the word day, which should be at the word thee, and so reading it thus, verily I say unto thee to day, referring the word day to the time that Christ made the promise, and not to the time of its performance. But if such a liberty as this be yielded, what may not men make the Scriptures ⟨p. 432⟩speak? There can be no doubt, but Christ in this expression, fixes the time for his happiness: To day shalt thou be with me.