A39663:2048
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.
First, Admire the Love of Christ. O how intense and ardent was the Love of Jesus! who designed for you such an inheritance, with such a settlement of it upon you! These are the mercies with which his Love had travailed big from eternity, and now he sees the travail of his soul, and you also have seen somewhat of it this day. Before this Love let all the Saints fall down astonished-humbly professing, that they owe themselves and all they are or shall be worth to eternity, to this Love.
Secondly, And be sure you walk becoming persons for whom Christ hath done such great things. Comfort your selves under present abasures with your spiritual priviledges, Jam. 2.5. And let all your rejoicing be in Christ, and what you have in him, whilst others are blessing themselves in vanity. Thus we have finished the state of Christs humiliation and thence proceed to the second state of his Exaltation.
Secondly, And be sure you walk becoming persons for whom Christ hath done such great things. Comfort your selves under present abasures with your spiritual priviledges, Iam. 2.5. And let all your rejoycing be in Christ, and what you have in him, whilst others are blessing themselves in vanity. Thus we have finished the state of Christs humiliation and thence proceed to the second state of his Exaltation.
1Having finished what I designed to speak to about the work of Redemption, so far as it was carried on by Christ in his humbled state we shall now view that blessed work as it is further advanced and perfected in his State of Exaltation.