A39663:1829
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.
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?
Secondly, Let us next inform our selves how, and in what manner §2Jesus Christ finished this glorious work. And if you search the Scriptures upon that account, you will find, that he finished it, obedientially, freely, diligently and fully.
First, This blessed work was finished by Jesus Christ most obediently. Phil. 2.8.