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John Elliott
John Elliott was a seventeenth-century English theologian whose work engaged with Reformed Protestant thought during a period of significant religious and political upheaval in England. His theological writings, including The Gracious Presence of God, the Highest Felicity and Security of Any People, reflect the concerns of Puritan divines seeking to articulate the nature of divine providence and its implications for Christian assurance and national welfare. Elliott's contributions to early modern Protestant theology demonstrate the intersection of pastoral theology and political thought characteristic of the English religious landscape in the decades surrounding the Civil War and Restoration.
From The Gracious Presence of God, the Highest Felicity and Security of Any People
In the following verse the Psalmist uses the meta- ‘phors of @ rier and streams. By the river and . streams is represented the gracious presence and blessing of the Lord. Spiritual blessings are many times described under the metaphor of waters: Thus it is declared by the prophet, Living waters shall go out from Jerusalem.t+ In Ezekiel’s vision, waters are represented as issuing out from under the threshold of the +Lord’s House, and increasing to a deep river, emblematical of the divine spirit in his holy influence, and the gracious presence of God. Agreeably to this figure it is said, Iwill pour water upon him that is thirsty ane floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.t—A stream of spiritual blessings will make glad the city of God. This city is * Hag. ii. 6, 7. + Zech.…
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