A39663:1862
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.
These are the last of the last words of our Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross, with which he breatheth out his soul. They were Davids words before him, Psal. 31.5. and for substance Stephens after him, Act. 7.57. They are words full both of faith, and comfort. Fit to be the last breathings of every gracious soul in this world. They are resolvable into these five particulars
THese are the last of the last words of our Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross, with which he breatheth out his soul. They were Davids words before him, Psal. 31.5. and for substance Stephens after him, Act. 7.57. They are words full both of faith, and comfort. Fit to be the last breathings of every gratious soul in this world. They are resolvable into these five particulars
The Person depositing, or committing. The Lord Jesus Christ, who in this as well as in other things acted as a common person, as the head of the Church. This must be remarked carefully, for ⟨p. 492⟩therein lies no small part of a believers consolation. When Christ commends his soul to God, he doth as it were bind up all the souls of the Elect in one bundle with it;1 and solemnly present them all with his, to his Fathers acceptance. To this purpose one aptly senses it.
The Person depositing, or committing. The Lord Iesus Christ, who in this as well as in other things acted as a common person, as the head of the Church. This must be remarked carefully, for ⟨p. 492⟩