A39663:1521
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 30 › Part 1: DOCT. 1. That ignorance is the usual cause of enmity to Christ.
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First, What was their ignorance, who Crucified Christ? Ignorance is twofold, simple, or respective. Simple ignorance is not supposable in these persons,1 for in many things they were a knowing people. But it was a respective particular ignorance, Rom. 11.25. Blindness in part, is happened to Israel. They knew many other truths, but did not know Jesus Christ. In that their eyes were held. Natural light they had. Yea, and Scripture light they had. But in this particular, that this was the Son of God, the Saviour of the world; therein they were blind and ignorant.
First, What was their ignorance, who Crucified Christ? Ignorance is twofold, simple, or respective. Simple ignorance is not supposeable in these persons,1 for in many things they were a knowing people. But it was a respective particular ignorance, Rom. 11.25. Blindness in part, is happened to Israel. They knew many other truths, but did not know Jesus Christ. In that their eyes were held. Natural light they had. Yea, and Scripture light they had. But in this particular, that this was the Son of God, the Saviour of the world; therein they were blind and ignorant.
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But how could that be? Had they not heard at least of his miraculous §2works? Did they not see how his Birth, Life, and Death squared with the Prophesies both in time, place, and manner? Whence should this their ignorance be, when they saw or at least might have seen the Scriptures fulfilled in him, and that he came among them in a time when they were big with expectations of the Messiah!