A39663:1771
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.
But now Christ had no relief this way in the least. Not a drop of comfort came from heaven into his soul to relieve it, and the body by it. But on the contrary his soul was filled up with grief, and had an heavier burden of its own to bear than that of the body. So that instead of relieving, it increased unspeakably the burden of his outward man. For
Secondly, Let us consider these inward sufferings of his soul,§2 how great they were, and how quickly spent his natural strength, and turned his moisture into the drought of Summer. And
First, His soul felt the wrath of an angry God, which was terribly imprest upon it. The wrath of a King is as the roaring of a Lion, but what is that to the wrath of a Deity? See what a description is given of it in Nahum. 1.16. Who can stand before his indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. Had not the strength that supported Christ been greater than that of Rocks, this wrath had certainly overwhelmed, and ground him to powder.