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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.
Again,1 did God give Christ to such miseries and sufferings for me, how shall he withhold any thing now from me? He that spared not his own Son, will doubtless with him freely give me all things, Rom. 8.32. Now I may rest upon him for pardon, peace, acceptance, and glory for my soul. Now I may rely upon him safely, for provision, protection, and all supplies for my body. Christ is the root of all these mercies. He is more than all these, he is nearer and dearer to God, than any other gift. Oh what a blessed, happy▪ comfortable state hath he now brought my soul into!
Again,1 did God give Christ to such miseries and sufferings for me, how shall he withhold any thing now from me? He that spared not his own Son, will doubtless with him freely give me all things, Rom. 8.32. Now I may rest upon him for pardon, peace, acceptance, and glory for my soul. Now I may relie upon him safely, for provision, protection, and all supplies for my body. Christ is the root of all these mercys. He is more than all these, he is nearer and dearer to God, than any other gift. Oh what a blessed, happy▪ comfortable state hath he now brought my soul into!
- 1Qui misit filium, immisit spiritum, promisi• vultum; quid tandem denegabit? Prosp.
To conclude, did Christ endure all these things for me, then it's past doubt he will never leave, nor forsake me. It cannot be that after he hath endured all this, he will cast off the souls for whom he endured it. Here the soul is Evangelically broken by the considerations of the mercies which emerge and flow to it, out of the Sea of Christs blood.