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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 28 › DOCT. That Christs dearest friends forsook and left him alone, in t… › Inference 2.
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Inference 2.
1Did Christ stand his ground and go through with his suffering-work, when all that had followed him forsook him. Then a resolved adherence to God and duty, though left alone, without company or encouragement, is Christ-like, and truly excellent. You shall not want better company than that which hath forsaken you in the way of God. Elijah complains, 1 Kings 19.10. They have forsaken thy Covenant, thrown down thine Altars, and slain thy Prophets with the sword; and I, even I only am left, and they seek my life, to take it away. And yet all this did not damp, or discourage him in following the Lord; for still he was very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts.
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Paul complains, 2 Tim. 4.16. At my first answer no man stood by me, all men forsook me: nevertheless the Lord stood with me. And as the Lord stood by him, so he stood by his God alone, without any aids or support from men. How great an Argument of integrity is this! He that professes Christ for company, will also leave him for company. But to be faithful to God, when forsaken of men; to be a Lot in Sodom, a Noah in a corrupted generation; oh how excellent is it! 'Tis sweet to travel over this Earth to Heaven in the company of the Saints that are bound thither with us, if we can; but if we can meet no company, we must not be discouraged to go on. It's not unlike but before you have gone many steps farther, you may have cause to say as one did once, never less alone, than when alone.