A39663:2113
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.
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.
- 1Doct.
So much the Apostle plainly witnesseth, Eph. 4.10. He that descended, is the same also that ascended up, far above all Heavens, (i. e.) all the aspectable Heavens. A full and faithful account whereof the several Evangelists have given us, Mark. 16.19. Luk. 24.51. This is sometimes called his going away, as Joh. 16.7. Sometimes his being exalted, Acts 2.33. Sometimes his being made higher than the Heavens, Heb. 7.26. And sometimes his entering within the veil,