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The Fountain of Life Opened By John Flavel This booklet contains one chapter excerpted from the 42 chapters of The Fountain of Life Opened, entitled… “The Kingly Office of Christ as Providentially Executed for the Redeemed” Contents I. Jesus Christ Rules All Providence ................................................................. 4 1. He supports the world and all creatures in it by His power. ........................................ 4 2. He permits and suffers the worst of creation in His dominion to be and act as they do. ........................................................................................................................ 5 3. He powerfully restrains creatures by the bridle of Providence, from the commission of those things to which their hearts are inclined. ............................................ 5 4. Jesus Christ limits the creatures in their acting, assigning them their boundaries and lines of liberty to which they may go, but beyond which they cannot go. . 5 5. The Lord Jesus providentially protects His people amidst a world of enemies and danger. ................................................................................................................. 6 6. He punishes evil doers, and repays, by His providence, into their own lap, the mischiefs they intend for those that fear Him. .................................................. 6 7. And lastly, He rewards the services done to Him and His people. ............................... 7 II. How Jesus Christ Administers Providence .................................................. 7 1. His providential working is holy. .................................................................................. 7 2. Christ's providential working is also most wise and judicious. ................................... 8 3. The providence of Christ is most supreme and sovereign. .......................................... 8 4. Divine Providence is profound and inscrutable............................................................ 8 5. Divine Providence is irresistible in its designs and motion. ........................................ 8 6. The Providences of Christ are harmonious. ................................................................. 8 7. The providence of Christ in a special and peculiar way is for the good of the saints. .......................................................... 9
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