A39663:1876
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, It also implies the great value believers have for their souls. That's the precious treasure. And their main solicitude and chief care is to see it secured in a sa•e hand. Father, into thy hands I commit my Spirit, they are words speaking the believers care for his soul. That it may be safe, what ever becomes of the vile body. A believer when he comes nigh to death, spends but few thoughts about his body; where it shall be laid, or how it shall be disposed of: he trusts that in the hands of friends; but as his great ⟨p. 495⟩care all along was for his soul, so he expresses it in these his very last breathings, in which he commends it into the hands of God. It is not Lord Jesus receive my body, take care of my dust, but receive my spirit. Lord, secure the Jewel, when the Casket is broken.
Thirdly, It also implies the great value believers have for their souls. That's the pretious treasure. And their main solicitude and chief care is to see it secured in a sa•e hand. Father, into thy hands I commit my Spirit, they are words speaking the believers care for his soul. That it may be safe, what ever becomes of the vile body. A believer when he comes nigh to death, spends but few thoughts about his body; where it shall be laid, or how it shall be disposed of: he trusts that in the hands of friends; but as his great ⟨p. 495⟩care all along was for his soul, so he expresses it in these his very last breathings, in which he commends it into the hands of God. It is not Lord Jesus receive my body, take care of my dust, but receive my spirit. Lord, secure the Jewel, when the Casket is broken.
Fourthly, These words imply the deep sense that dying believers have of the great change that is coming upon them by death; when all visible and sensible things are shrinking away from them, and failing. They feel the world, and the best comforts in it failing. Every creature and creature comfort failing. For at death we are said to fail,