A39663:1969

The Fountain of Life Opened

Name: The Fountain of Life Opened
Author: John Flavel

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 ...

John Flavel 1630?–1691London: printed for Rob. White, 1673

[32], 630, [14] p. · 259k words · Wing F1162 · ESTC R20462

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Sermon 38: The THIRTY EIGHTH SERMON.

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And so much is plainly carried in this Scripture. He shall see the Travel of his Soul and be satisfied. In which words thr•e things fall under our consideration▪

:1967p. 522§1

First, The travailing pangs of Christ. So the Agonies of his soul,¹ and Torments of his body are fitly called; not only because of the sharpness, and acuteness of them, being in that respect like the birth pangs of a travailing woman, for so this word signifies: But also because they forerun and make way for the birth, which abundantly recompenses all those labours. I shall not here insist upon the the pangs and Agonies endured by Christ in the garden, or upon the Cross, which the Prophet stiles the travail of his Soul; having in the former Sermons opened it largely in its particulars; but pass to the

First, The travailing pangs of Christ. So the Agonies of his soul,¹ and Torments of his body are fitly call'd; not only because of the sharpness, and acuteness of them, being in that respect like the birth pangs of a travailing woman, for so this word signifies: But also because they forerun and make way for the birth, which abundantly recompences all those labours. I shall not here insist upon the the pangs and Agonies endured by Christ in the garden, or upon the Cross, which the Prophet stiles the travail of his Soul; having in the former Sermons open'd it largely in its particulars; but pass to the

1[Greek or Hebrew]. Haec vo• & pa•tum significat, & dolorem parturi••tem. Strigel.

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The book

Title as printed

Author

John Flavel 1630?–1691

Place

London

Bookseller

Rob. White

Year

1673

Size

[32], 630, [14] p.

Words

258,941

Catalogue

Wing F1162 · ESTC R20462

Text

EEBO-TCP A39663

Passages

2,314

Sections

387

Title page

The Fountain of Life Opened

DOCT. That all the blessed designs and ends for which the Lord Jesus Christ humbled himself to the death of the Cross,¹ shall certainly be attained, to his full content and satisfaction.

DOCT. That all the blessed designs and ends for which the Lord Iesus Christ humbled himself to the death of the Cross,¹ shall certainly be attained, to his full content and satisfaction.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

DOCT. That all the blessed designs and ends for which the Lord Jesus Christ humbled himself to the death of the Cross,1 shall certainly be attained, to his full content and satisfaction.

DOCT. That all the blessed designs and ends for which the Lord Iesus Christ humbled himself to the death of the Cross,1 shall certainly be attained, to his full content and satisfaction.

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Transcription key

DOCT. That all the blessed designs and ends for which the Lord Jesus Christ humbled himself to the death of the Cross,¹ shall certainly be attained, to his full content and satisfaction.

DOCT. That all the blessed designs and ends for which the Lord Iesus Christ humbled himself to the death of the Cross,¹ shall certainly be attained, to his full content and satisfaction.