A39663:2111

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 40: The FORTIETH SERMON.

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:2108p. 561

JOH. XX.XVII. Jesus saith unto her, touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my Brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

JOH. XX.XVII. Iesus saith unto her, touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my Brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

:2109p. 561–562

IN all the former Sermons we have been following Christ through his Humiliation, from the time that he left the blessed bosom of his Father: and now having finished the whole course of his obedience on Earth, and risen again from the Dead, we must in this Discourse follow him back again into Heaven; and lodge him in that bosom of ineffable delight and love, which for our sakes he so freely left. For it was not his end in rising from the Dead, to live such a low animal life as this is; but to live a most glorious life as an enthroned King in Heaven; upon which state he was now ready to enter, as he tells Mary in the ⟨p. 562⟩Text, and bids her to tell it to the Disciples, go tell my Brethren, that I ascend to my Father, &c.

:2110p. 562

¹In the former verses you find Mary waiting at Christs Sepulchre in a very pensive frame; exceedingly troubled because she knew not what was become of Christ. Vers. 15. in the next verse Christ calls her by her name Mary, she knowing the voice turned her sel•, and answered Rabboni. And as a soul transported with joy rushes into his arms, as desirous to clasp and embrace him; but Jesus said touch me not, &c. In which words we have Christs inhibition, touch me not, strange that Christ who rendered

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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 our Lord Jesus Christ did not only rise from the Dead,¹ but also ascended into Heaven; there to dispatch all that remained to be done for the completing the Salvation of his people.

DOCT. That our Lord Iesus Christ did not only rise from the Dead,¹ but also ascended into Heaven; there to dispatch all that remained to be done for the compleating the Salvation of his people.

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Reformers309

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Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

DOCT. That our Lord Jesus Christ did not only rise from the Dead,1 but also ascended into Heaven; there to dispatch all that remained to be done for the completing the Salvation of his people.

DOCT. That our Lord Iesus Christ did not only rise from the Dead,1 but also ascended into Heaven; there to dispatch all that remained to be done for the compleating the Salvation of his people.

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DOCT. That our Lord Jesus Christ did not only rise from the Dead,¹ but also ascended into Heaven; there to dispatch all that remained to be done for the completing the Salvation of his people.

DOCT. That our Lord Iesus Christ did not only rise from the Dead,¹ but also ascended into Heaven; there to dispatch all that remained to be done for the compleating the Salvation of his people.