A39663:537
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.
To the Spiritual illumination of a Soul it suffices not that the object be revealed, nor yet that man, the subject of that knowledge, have a due use of his own reason; but it is further necessary that the Grace and special assistance of the Holy Spirit be superadded, to open and mollify the heart, and so give it a due taste and relish of the sweetness of Spiritual truth. By opening the Gospel, he reveals truth to us, and by opening the heart in us. Now though this cannot be without that, yet it's much more excellent to have truth revealed in us, than to us. This Divines call praecipuum illud [Greek or Hebrew] muneris Prophetici. The principal perfective effect of the Prophetical office. The special blessing promised in the new Covenant Heb. 8.10. I will put my Laws in their mind, and write them in their hearts.
To the Spiritual illumination of a Soul it suffices not that the object be revealed, nor yet that man, the subject of that knowledge, have a due use of his own reason; but it is further necessarie that the Grace and special assistance of the Holy Spirit be superadded, to open and molifie the heart, and so give it a due tast and relish of the sweetness of Spiritual truth. By opening the Gospel, he reveals truth to us, and by opening the heart in us. Now though this cannot be without that, yet it's much more excellent to have truth revealed in us, than to us. This Divines call praecipuum illud 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 muneris Prophetici. The principal perfective effect of the Prophetical office. The special blessing promised in the new Covenant Heb. 8.10. I will put my Laws in their mind, and write them in their hearts.
For Explication of this part of Christs Prophetical office, I shall as in the former, show what is included in the opening of the understanding. And by what acts Christ performs it.
For Explication of this part of Christs Prophetical office, I shall as in the former, shew what is included in the opening of the understanding. And by what acts Christ performs it.