The Fountain of Life Opened

Secondly, As Christ finished it obediently, so he finished it freely. Freedom and obedience in acting are not at all opposite to, or exclusive of each other. Moses his Mother nursed him in obedience to the command of Pharaohs daughter, yet most freely, with respect to her own delight, and contentment in tha• work. So it's said of Christ, and that by his own mouth. Joh. 10.17, 18. ⟨p. 482⟩Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my self; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this commandment have I received of my Father. He liked the work for the ends sake. When he had a prospect of it from eternity, then were his delights with the Sons of men. Then he rejoiced in the habitable parts of the earth. Prov. 8.30, 31. And when he came into the world about it, with what a full and free consent did his heart echo to the voice of his Father calling him to it? Just as you shall sometimes hear an echo, answering your voice two or three times over. Psal. 40. Lo, I come; I delight to do thy will; thy Law is within my heart. He finished the work freely.

Secondly, As Christ finished it obediently, so he finished it freely. Freedom and obedience in acting are not at all opposite to, or exclusive of each other. Moses his Mother nursed him in obedience to the command of Pharaohs daughter, yet most freely, with respect to her own delight, and contentment in tha• work. So it's said of Christ, and that by his own mouth. Joh. 10.17, 18. ⟨p. 482⟩Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of my self; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this commandment have I received of my Father. He liked the work for the ends sake. When he had a prospect of it from eternity, then were his delights with the Sons of men. Then he rejoyced in the habitable parts of the earth.