A39663:1693
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.
Lastly,1 Let this be a call and caution to all young ones to begin with God betime, and take heed of delays till the last, as so many thousands have done before them to their eternal ruin. Now is your time, if you desire to be in Christ; if you have any sense of the weight and worth of eternal things upon your hearts. I know your age is voluptuous, and delights not in the serious thoughts of death and eternity. You are more inclined to mind your pleasures, and leave these grave and serious matters to old age. But let me persuade you against that, by these considerations.
Lastly,1 Let this be a call and caution to all young ones to begin with God betime, and take heed of delays till the last, as so many thousands have done before them to their eternal ruine. Now is your time, if you desire to be in Christ; if you have any sense of the weight and worth of eternal things upon your hearts. I know your age is voluptuous, and delights not in the serious thoughts of death and eternity. You are more inclined to mind your pleasures, and leave these grave and serious matters to old age. But let me perswade you against that, by these considerations.
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First, Oh set to the business of Religion now, because this is the moulding age. Now your hearts are tender, and your affections flowing. Now is the time when you are most likely to be wrought upon.
Secondly, Now, because this is the freest part of your time. It is in the morning of your life, as in the morning of the day. If a man have any business to be done, let him take the morning for it. For in the after part of the day a hurry of business comes on, so that you either forget it, or want opportunity for it.