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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.
(3.) If thou be one whose heart is eagerly set upon this vain world, I beseech thee take heed, lest it interpose it self betwixt Christ and thy soul, and so cut thee off from him for ever. O beware lest the dust of the earth getting into thine eyes, so blind thee, that thou never see the beauty or ⟨image 9⟩necessity of Christ. The God of this world so blinds the eyes of them that believe not. And what are the sparkling pleasures that dazzle the eyes of some, and the distracting cares that wholly divert the minds of others, but as a Napkin drawn by Satan over the eyes of them that are to be turned off into Hell, 1 Cor. 4.3, 4.
(3.) If thou be one whose heart is eagerly set upon this vain world, I beseech thee take heed, lest it interpoe it self betwixt Christ and thy soul, and so cut thee off from him for ever. O beware lest the dust of the earth getting into thine eyes, so blind thee, that thou never see the beauty or ⟨image 9⟩necessity of Christ. The God of this world so blinds the eyes of them that believe not. And what are the sparkling pleasures that dazle the eyes of some, and the distracting cares that wholly divert the minds of others, but as a Napkin drawn by Satan over the eyes of them that are to be turned off into Hell, 1 Cor. 4.3, 4.
Some general aims, and faint wishes after Christ thou mayest have, but alas! the world hath centered thy heart, entangled thy affections, and will daily find new diversions for thee, from the great business of life. So that if the Lord break not this snare, thou wilt never be able to deliver thy soul.
Some general aims, and faint wishes after Christ thou mayest have, but alas! the world hath centered thy heart, intangled thy affections, and will daily find new diversions for thee, from the great business of life. So that if the Lord break not this snare, thou wilt never be able to deliver thy soul.