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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 33 › DOCT. That God in design to heighten the sufferings of Christ to th… › Inference 3.
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Fifthly, Though God took from Christ all visible and sensible comforts, inward, as well as outward; yet Christ subsisted by faith in the absence of them all. His desertion put him upon the acting of his faith. My God, my God, are words of faith. The words of one that rolls upon his God. And is it not so with you too? Sense of love is gone, sweet sights of God shut up in a dark cloud; well what then? Must thy hands presently hang down, and thy soul give up all its hopes? What! is there no faith to relieve in this case? Yes, yes, and blessed be God for faith. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, and obeyeth the voice of his servants, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light; let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay himself upon his God, Isai. 50.10. To conclude,
Fifthly, Though God took from Christ all visible and sensible comforts, inward, as well as outward; yet Christ subsisted by faith in the absence of them all. His desertion put him upon the acting of his faith. My God, my God, are words of faith. The words of one that rolls upon his God. And is it not so with you too? Sence of love is gone, sweet sights of God shut up in a dark cloud; well what then? Must thy hands presently hang down, and thy soul give up all its hopes? What! is there no faith to relieve in this case? Yes, yes, and blessed be God for faith. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, and obeyeth the voice of his servants, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light; let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay himself upon his God, Isai. 50.10. To conclude,
Sixthly, Christ was deserted, a little before the glorious morning of light and joy dawned upon him. It was a little, a very little while, after this sad cry, before he triumphed gloriously. And so it may be with you. Heaviness may endure for a night, but joy and gladness will come in the morning. You know how Mr. Glover was transported with joy, and cried out, as a man in a Rapture. O Austin, he is come, he is come, he is come, meaning the Comforter, who for some time had been absent from his soul.