The Fountain of Life Opened

¹Did Christ die the death, yea the worst of deaths for us? Then it follows, that our mercies are brought forth with great difficulties; and that which is sweet to us in the fruition, was costly and hard to Christ in the acquisition. Surely upon every mercy we have,² this motto is written, The price of blood. Col. 1.14. In whom we have redemption through his blood: upon which a late neat Writer delivers himself thus. The way of grace is here considerable; life comes through death; God comes in Christ; and Christ comes in blood: the choicest mercies come through the greatest miseries; prime favours come swimming in blood to us. Through a red sea, Israel came to Canaan. Many a man lost his life, and much blood shed; the very land flowing with milk and honey, was first made to flow with blood, ere Israel could inherit the promise. Seven nations were destroyed ere the Land of Canaan was divided to the Israelites. Act. 13.19. — Sin makes mercy so deadly hard to bring forth. To Christen every precious child, every Benjamin Benoni, every son of Gods right hand, a son of sorrow and death to her that brings him forth. Adams sweets had no bitter till he transgressed Gods will. One mercy did not die to bring forth another, till he died. But oh how should this raise the value of •ur mercies! What, the price of blood, the price of precious blood, the blood of the Cross! O what an esteem should this raise!

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