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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.
DOCT. That it was the Lot of our Lord Jesus Christ,1 to be betrayed into the hands of his mortal enemies, by the assistance of a false and dissembling friend.
DOCT. That it was the Lot of our Lord Iesus Christ,1 to be betrayed into the hands of his mortal enemies, by the assistance of a false and dissembling friend.
- 1Doct.
Look as Joseph was betrayed and sold by his brethren. David by Ahithophel, his old friend. Sampson by Delilah that lay in his bosom: So Christ by Judas one of the twelve. A man, his friend, his familiar, that had been so long conversant with him. He that by profession had lifted up his hand to Christ; now by treason lifts up his heel against him. He bids the Soldiers bind those blessed hands, that not long before had washed the Traitors feet.
Look as Ioseph was betrayed and sold by his brethren. David by Achithophel, his old friend. Sampson by Dalilah that lay in his bosom: So Christ by Iudas one of the twelve. A man, his friend, his familiar, that had been so long conversant with him. He that by profession had lifted up his hand to Christ; now by treason lifts up his heel against him. He bids the Souldiers bind those blessed hands, that not long before had washt the Traitors feet.
In the point before us, we will First, Consider Judas, according to that eminent station and place he had under Christ. Secondly, We will consider his Treason, according to the several aggravations of it. Thirdly, We will inquire into the Cause, or motives that put him upon such a dreadful hellish design as this was.