A39663:1257
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.
Oh you cannot hold up your hearts long to the piercing thoughts of this; but your bowels will be pained, and like Joseph, you will seek a place to vent your hearts in.
Oh you cannot hold up your hearts long to the piercing thoughts of this; but your bowels will be pained, and like Ioseph, you will seek a place to vent your hearts in.
Thirdly, Faith cannot only realize and apply Christ and his death,, but it can reason and conclude such things from his death, as will fill the soul with affection to him, and break the heart in pieces in his presence. When it views Christ as Dead, it Infers; is Christ dead for me, then was I dead in Law. Sentenced and condemned to die eternally, 2 Cor. 5.14. If one die for all, then were all dead. How woeful was my case, when the Law had past, Sentence on me? I could not be sure when I lay down, but that it might be executed before I rose. Nothing but a puff of breath betwixt my soul and Hell.
Thirdly, Faith cannot only reallize and apply Christ and his death,, but it can reason and conclude such things from his death, as will fill the soul with affection to him, and break the heart in pieces in his presence. When it views Christ as Dead, it Infers; is Christ dead for me, then was I dead in Law. Sentenced and condemned to die eternally, 2 Cor. 5.14. If one die for all, then were all dead. How woful was my case, when the Law had past, Sentence on me? I could not be sure when I lay down, but that it might be executed before I rose. Nothing but a puff of breath betwixt my soul and Hell.