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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.
Christ being returned again to his Father, having finished his whole work on earth, is there bid by the Father to sit down in the seat of honour, and rest. A seat prepared for him at Gods right hand, that makes it honourable, and all his enemies as a footstool under his feet, that makes it easy. How much is the state and condition of Jesus Christ changed in a few days! Here he groaned, wept, laboured, suffered, sweat, yea sweat blood, and found no rest in this world; but when he comes to Heaven, there he enters into rest. Sits down for ever in the highest, and easiest throne prepared by the Father for him, when he had done his work. When he had by himself purged our sins, he sate down, &c.
CHrist being returned again to his Father, having finished his whole work on earth, is there bid by the Father to sit down in the seat of honour, and rest. A seat prepared for him at Gods right hand, that makes it honourable, and all his enemies as a footstool under his feet, that makes it easie. How much is the state and condition of Jesus Christ changed in a few days! Here he groaned, wept, laboured, suffered, sweat, yea sweat blood, and found no rest in this world; but when he comes to Heaven, there he enters into rest. Sits down for ever in the highest, and easiest throne prepared by the Father for him, when he had done his work. When he had by himself purged our sins, he sate down, &c.
The scope of this Epistle is to demonstrate Christ to be the fullness of all Legal Types and Ceremonies, and that whatever light glimmered to the world through them, yet it was but as the light of the day Star, to the light of this Sun.
The scope of this Epistle is to demonstrate Christ to be the fulness of all Legal Types and Ceremonies, and that whatever light glimered to the world through them, yet it was but as the light of the day Star, to the light of this Sun.