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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.
Now there are no Crystal streams flowing so purely from the Fountain, no beams of light so unmixed from the Sun; as the loves and delights, of these holy and glorious persons were: the holy, holy, holy Father, embraced the thrice holy Son; with a most holy delight, and love.
Now there are no Christal streams flowing so purely from the Fountain, no beams of light so unmixed from the Sun; as the loves and delights, of these holy and glorious persons were: the holy, holy, holy Father, embraced the thrice holy Son; with a most holy delight, and love.
(4.) Consider, the constancy of this delight: it was from everlasting as in ver. 23. and from Eternity, it never suffered one moments interruption: the ever-flowing Fountain of Gods delight and love, never stopped its course, never ebbed, but as he speaks in the Text, I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him: once more, consider the fullness of that delight, the perfection of that pleasure. I was delights: so the word is in its original: not only plural delights, all delights, but also in the abstract delight it self; as afterwards from the abundance of his sorrows, he was styled, a man of sorrows, so here, from the fullness of his delights: as who should say, even constituted, and made up of pleasure, and delight.
(4.) Consider, the constancy of this delight: it was from everlasting as in ver. 23. and from Eternity, it never suffered one moments interruption: the ever-flowing Fountain of Gods delight and love, never stopt its course, never ebbed, but as he speaks in the Text, I was daily his delight, rejoycing always before him: once more, consider the fulness of that delight, the perfection of that pleasure. I was delights: so the word is in its original: not only plural delights, all delights, but also in the abstract delight it self; as afterwards from the abundance of his sorrows, he was stiled, a man of sorrows, so here, from the fulness of his delights: as who should say, even constituted, and made up of pleasure, and delight.