A39663:1754

The Fountain of Life Opened

Name: The Fountain of Life Opened
Author: John Flavel

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 ...

John Flavel 1630?–1691London: printed for Rob. White, 1673

[32], 630, [14] p. · 259k words · Wing F1162 · ESTC R20462

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Sermon 34: The THIRTY FOURTH SERMON.

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IT is as truly as commonly said, death is dry. Christ found it so, when he died. When his spirits laboured in the agonies of death, then he said I thirst.

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This is the fifth word of Christ upon the Cross, spoken a little before he bowed the head and yielded up the Ghost. It is only recorded by this Evangelist, and there are four things remarkable in this complaint of Christ, viz. the person complaining. The complaint he made. The time when. And the reason why he so complained.

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First, The person complaining. Jesus said I thirst. This is a clear evidence that it was no common suffering. Great and resolute ⟨p. 464⟩spirits will not complain for small matters. The spirit of a common man will endure much, before it utters any complaint. Let us therefore see,

First, The person complaining. Iesus said I thirst. This is a clear evidence that it was no common suffering. Great and resolute ⟨p. 464⟩spirits will not complain for small matters. The spirit of a common man will endure much, before it utters any complaint. Let us therefore see,

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The book

Title as printed

Author

John Flavel 1630?–1691

Place

London

Bookseller

Rob. White

Year

1673

Size

[32], 630, [14] p.

Words

258,941

Catalogue

Wing F1162 · ESTC R20462

Text

EEBO-TCP A39663

Passages

2,314

Sections

387

Title page

The Fountain of Life Opened

DOCT. That such were the Agonies and extreme sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross,¹ as drank up his very spirits, and made him cry I thirst.

DOCT. That such were the Agonies and extream sufferings of our Lord Iesus Christ upon the Cross,¹ as drank up his very spirits, and made him cry I thirst.

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DOCT. That such were the Agonies and extreme sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross,1 as drank up his very spirits, and made him cry I thirst.

DOCT. That such were the Agonies and extream sufferings of our Lord Iesus Christ upon the Cross,1 as drank up his very spirits, and made him cry I thirst.

Transcription key

DOCT. That such were the Agonies and extreme sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross,¹ as drank up his very spirits, and made him cry I thirst.

DOCT. That such were the Agonies and extream sufferings of our Lord Iesus Christ upon the Cross,¹ as drank up his very spirits, and made him cry I thirst.