A39663:1546
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.
It's Gods discharge of a believing penitent sinner. Infidelity and impenitency are not only sins in themselves, but such sins as bind fast all other sins upon the soul. By him all that believe are justified from all things, Act. 10.43. So Act. 3.19. Repent therefore, that your sins may be blotted out. This is the method in which God dispenseth pardon to sinners. Lastly,
It is for Christs sake we are discharged; he is the meritorious cause of our remission. As God for Christs sake hath forgiven you, Eph. 4.32. It's his blood alone that meritoriously procures our discharge.
This is a brief, and true account of the nature of forgiveness.
Secondly, Now to evince the possibility of forgiveness, for such as ignorantly oppose Christ. Let these things be weighed.