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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.
First,1 All Temporal good things. 1 Tim. 6.7. He hath given us all things, richly to enjoy. Not that they have the possession, but the comfort and benefit of all things. Others have the sting, gall, wormwood, baits, and snares of the creature; Saints only have the blessing and comfort of it. So that this little which a Righteous man hath, is (in this among other respects) better than the treasures of many wicked. Which is the true key to open that dark saying of the Apostle, 2 Cor. 6.10. as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. They only possess, others are possessed by the world. The Saints do uti mundo, & frui Deo, use the world and enjoy God in the use of it. Others are deceived, defiled, and destroyed by the world, but these are refreshed, and furthered by it.
First,1 All Temporal good things. 1 Tim. 6.7. He hath given us all things, richly to enjoy. Not that they have the possession, but the comfort and benefit of all things. Others have the sting, gall, wormwood, bayts, and snares of the creature; Saints only have the blessing and comfort of it. So that this little which a Righteous man hath, is (in this among other respects) better than the treasures of many wicked. Which is the true key to open that dark saying of the Apostle, 2 Cor. 6.10. as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. They only possess, others are possessed by the world. The Saints do uti mundo, & frui Deo, use the world and enjoy God in the use of it. Others are deceived, defiled, and destroyed by the world, but these are refresht, and furthered by it.
- 1Christus meruit nobis omnia bona, supernaturalia, & omnia auxilia, sive praevenientia, sive subse•uentia; as universa illa bona etsi bona sint •obis extisea, quae rationem induunt mediorum ad nostram salutem. Vincent. Austricens. de habit. Christi grat. prect. q 5. p. 259.