A39663:435
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.
O Brethren, let not the Feet of your conversation be as the Feet of a lame man; which are unequal, Prov. 20.7. be not sometimes hot, and sometimes cold, at one time careful, at another time careless. One day in a spiritual rapture, and the next, in a fleshly frolic; but be ye holy [Greek or Hebrew] 1 Pet. 1.15. in all manner of conversation, in every creek, and turning of your lives; And let your holiness hold out to the end. Let him that is holy, be holy still, Rev. 22.11. not like the Hypocrites paint but as a true natural complexion.
O Brethren, let not the Feet of your conversation be as the Feet of a lame man; which are unequal, Prov. 20.7. be not sometimes hot, and sometimes cold, at one time carefull, at another time careless. One day in a spiritual rapture, and the next, in a fleshly frolick; but be ye holy 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 1 Pet. 1.15. in all manner of conversation, in every creek, and turning of your lives; And let your holiness hold out to the end. Let him that is holy, be holy still, Rev. 22.11. not like the Hypocrites paint but as a true natural complexion.
Secondly, God is exemplarily holy. Jesus Christ is the great pattern of holiness. Be ye examples of holiness too, unto all that are about you. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, Matth. 5.16. as wicked men infect one another by their examples, and diffuse their poison and malignity wherever they come, so do ye disseminate godliness in all places, and companies; and let those that frequently converse with you; especially those of your own Families, receive a deeper Dye and Tincture of heavenliness, every time they come nigh you, as the cloth doth, by every new dipping into the Fat.