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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.
Since then there is a common light, and special saving light which none but Christ can give,1 it's therefore the concernment of every one of you, to try what your light is. We know (saith the Apostle) 1 Cor. 8.1. that we all have knowledge. O but what, and whence is it? Is it the light of life, springing from Jesus Christ; that bright and morning star? Or only such as the Devils and damned have? These lights differ.
- 1Infer. 4.
First, in their very kinds, and natures. The one is Heavenly, supernatural, and spiritual: the other earthly, and natural; the effect of a better constitution or education, Jam. 3.15, 17.
First, in their very kinds, and natures. The one is Heavenly, supernatural, and spiritual: the other earthly, and natural; the effect of a better constitution or education, Iam. 3.15, 17.
Secondly, They differ most apparently in their effects and operations. The light that comes in a special way from Christ, is humbling, abasing, and soul emptying light. By it a man sees the vileness of his own nature, and practice, which begets self loathing in him: but natural light on the contrary, puffs up, and exalts; makes the heart swell with self conceitedness.