A39663:1923
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.
Reason 3. Thirdly, He must be buried to complete his humiliation; this being the lowest step he could possibly descend in his abased state. They have brought me to the dust of Death. Lower he could not be laid, and so low he must lay his blessed head; else he had not been humbled to the lowest.
Reason 3. Thirdly, He must be buried to compleat his humiliation; this being the lowest step he could possibly descend in his abased state. They have brought me to the dust of Death. Lower he could not be laid, and so low he must lay his blessed head; else he had not been humbled to the lowest.
Reason 4. Fourthly, But the great end and reason of his interment was the conquering of Death in its own dominion, and territories; which victory over the Grave furnisheth the Saints with that triumphant [Greek or Hebrew] song of deliverance, 1 Cor. 15.55. O Death, where is thy Sting! O Grave, where is thy Destruction! Our Graves would not be so sweet and comfortable to us, when we come to lie down in them; if Jesus had not lain there before us, and for us. Death is a Dragon, the Grave its Den; a place of dread and terror: but Christs goes into its Den, there grapples with it, and for ever overcomes it. Disarms it of all its terror, and not only makes it cease to be enemical, but to become exceeding beneficial to the Saints. A bed of rest and a perfumed bed. They do but go into Christs bed, where he lay before them. For these ends he must be buried.
Reason 4. Fourthly, But the great end and reason of his interment was the conquering of Death in its own dominion, and territories; which victory over the Grave furnisheth the Saints with that triumphant 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 song of deliverance, 1 Cor. 15.55. O Death, where is thy Sting! O Grave, where is thy De•truction! Our Graves would not be so sweet and comfortable to us, when we come to lie down in them; if Jesus had not layen there before us, and for us. Death is a Dragon, the Grave its Den; a place of dread and terror: but Christs goes into its Den, there grapples with it, and for ever overcomes it. Disarms it of all its terror, and not only makes it cease to be enemical, but to become exceeding beneficial to the Saints. A bed of rest and a perfumed bed. They do but go into Christs bed, where he lay before them. For these ends he must be buried.