A39663:185
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.
1Fourthly, This may inform us by what rule to Judge both Ministers, and Doctrines; certainly that is the highest commendation of a Minister to be an able Minister of the New Testament; not of the letter but of the spirit, 2. Cor. 3.6. he is the best Artist, that can most lively and powerfully display Jesus Christ before the people; evidently setting him forth as Crucified among them; and that is the best Sermon that is most full of Christ, not of art, and language. I know that an holy Dialect well becometh the lips of Christs Ministers, they should not be rude, and careless, in language or method: but surely the excellency of a Sermon lies not in that, but in the plainest discoveries, and livelyest applications of Jesus Christ.
1Fourthly, This may inform us by what rule to Judge both Ministers, and Doctrines; certainly that is the highest commendation of a Minister to be an able Minister of the New Testament; not of the letter but of the spirit, 2. Cor. 3.6. he is the best Artist, that can most lively and powerfully display Jesus Christ before the people; evidently setting him forth as Crucified among them; and that is the best Sermon that is most full of Christ, not of art, and language. I know that an holy Dialect well becometh the lips of Christs Ministers, they should not be rude, and careless, in language or method: but surely the excellency of a Sermon lyes not in that, but in the plainest discoveries, and livelyest applications of Jesus Christ.
- 1Infer. 4.
Let all that mind the honour of Religion,1