A39663:349
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.
Use 7.
Vse 7.
1Seventhly, Hence we see, To what an height God intends to build up the happiness of man, in that he hath laid the Foundation thereof so deep, in the incarnating of his own Son.
1Seventhly, Hence we see, To what an height God intends to build up the happiness of man, in that he hath layed the Foundation thereof so deep, in the incarnating of his own Son.
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They that intend to build high, use to lay the Foundation ⟨p. 63⟩low. The happiness and glory of our Bodies, as well as Souls, is founded in Christs taking our flesh upon him. For therein as in a Model, or Pattern, God intended to show, what in time he resolves to make of our Bodies. For he will [Greek or Hebrew] transform our vile Bodies, and make them one day conformable to the glorious Body of Jesus Christ, Phil. 3.21