It is only in this water, in this grace of God, which is here called the after of life, or God's aquae vitae. It is also called the water of life to show that by the grace of God men may live, how dead soever their sins have made them. In that this grace of God is here presented unto us under the terms of water of life, it is to show that some are sick of that disease that nothing can cure but that. But few are sick of this disease, but few know what it is to be made sick of this disease. Click here to return to your spot.
Oil is valuable, properly taken, but an irritating oil to consume the bones is destructive.
How awful the case of the rich man when refused a drop of water to cool that fire which he had created while living, and into which he had irretrievably plunged himself. Click here to return to your spot. It is a refuge of lies, which death will fearfully sweep away. We must rely wholly upon Christ, or perish. Click here to return to your spot.