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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
Sermon 21 › DOCT. That the Sacramental memorial Christ left with his people, is… › Inference 4.
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Inference 4.
Lastly,1 Hence we infer; Though all other things do, yet Christ neither doth, nor can grow stale. Here's an Ordinance to preserve his remembrance fresh, to the end of the world. The blood of Christ doth never dry up. The beauty of this Rose of Sharon is never lost or withered. He is the same yesterday, to day, and for ever. As his body in the grave saw no corruption, so neither can his Love, or any of his excellencies. When the Saints shall have fed their eyes upon him in Heaven thousands and millions of years, he shall be as fresh, beautiful, and orient as at the beginning. ⟨p. 279⟩Other beauties have their prime, and their fading time; but Christs abides eternally. Our delight in creatures is often most at first acquaintance; when we come nearer to them, and see more of them, the edge of our delight is rebated. But the longer you know Christ, and the nearer you come to him, still the more do you see of his glory. Every farther prospect of Christ, entertains the mind with a fresh delight. He is as it were a new Christ every day; and yet the same Christ still.
Lastly,1 Hence we infer; Though all other things do, yet Christ neither doth, nor can grow stale. Here's an Ordinance to preserve his remembrance fresh, to the end of the world. The blood of Christ doth never dry up. The beauty of this Rose of Sharon is never lost or withred. He is the same yesterday, to day, and for ever. As his body in the grave saw no corruption, so neither can his Love, or any of his excellencies. When the Saints shall have fed their eyes upon him in Heaven thousands and millions of years, he shall be as fresh, beautiful, and orient as at the beginning. ⟨p. 279⟩Other beauties have their prime, and their fading time; but Christs abides eternally. Our delight in creatures is often most at first acquaintance; when we come nearer to them, and see more of them, the edge of our delight is rebated. But the longer you know Christ, and the nearer you come to him, still the more do you see of his glory. Every farther prospect of Christ, entertains the mind with a fresh delight. He is as it were a new Christ every day; and yet the same Christ still.