The Fountain of Life Opened

Secondly, As it was necessary this work should be finished, so the finishing of it, was exceeding difficult. It cost many a cry, many ⟨p. 481⟩a groan, many a tear, many a hard tug, before Christ could say it is finished. All the Angels in Heaven were not able by their united strength to lift that burden one inch from the ground, which Christ bare upon his shoulders, yea, and bare it away. But how heavy a burden this was, may in part appear, by his propassion in the Garden, and the bitter out-cries he made upon the Cross, which in their proper places have been opened.

Secondly, As it was necessary this work should be finished, so the finishing of it, was exceeding difficult. It cost many a cry, many ⟨p. 481⟩a groan, many a tear, many a hard tug, before Christ could say it is finished. All the Angels in Heaven were not able by their united strength to lift that burden one inch from the ground, which Christ bare upon his shoulders, yea, and bare it away. But how heavy a burden this was, may in part appear, by his propassion in the Garden, and the bitter out-crys he made upon the Cross, which in their proper places have been opened.

Thirdly, and Lastly, It was a most precious work which Christ finished by his death. That work was dispatched, and finished in few hours, which will be the matter of everlasting songs and triumphs to the Angels and Saints to all eternity. O it was a precious work. The mercies that now flow out of this fountain, viz. Justification, Sanctification, Adoption, &c. are not to be valued. Besides the endless happiness and glory of the coming-world, which cannot enter into the heart of man to conceive. If the Angels sang when the foundation stone was laid, what shouts, what triumphs, should there be among the Saints when this voice is heard, It is finished?

Thirdly, and Lastly, It was a most pretious work which Christ finished by his death. That work was dispatched, and finished in few hours, which will be the matter of everlasting songs and triumphs to the Angels and Saints to all eternity. O it was a pretious work. The mercies that now flow out of this fountain, viz. Justification, Sanctification, Adoption, &c. are not to be valued. Besides the endless happiness and glory of the coming-world, which cannot enter into the heart of man to conceive. If the Angels sang when the foundation stone was laid, what shouts, what triumphs, should there be among the Saints when this voice is heard, It is finished?