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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.
First, The persons transacting and dealing with each §(1.)other in this Covenant; and indeed they are great person•. God the Father, and God the Son: the former as a Creditor, the latter as a surety: the Father stands upon satisfaction, the Son engages to give it: if it be demanded why the Father and the Spirit might not as well have treated about our redemption as the Father and Son?1 It is answered Christ is the natural Son of God, and therefore fittest to make us the adopted Sons of God. Christ also is the middle person in the Trinity, and therefore fittest to be the Mediator or middle person betwixt us and God: the Spirit hath another office assigned him, even to apply as Christ's Vicegerent, the redemption designed by the Father, and purchased by the Son for us.
- 1Vide Roberts medulla •ib. p. 1577. et. lyf. Test. p. 83, 84.
The business transacted betwixt them, And that was the §(2.)redemption and recovery of all Gods elect:1 our eternal happiness lay now before them, our dearest and everlasting concerns were now in their hands: the elect (though not yet ⟨p. 28⟩in being,) are here considered as existent, yea and as fallen, miserable, forlorn creatures: how these may again be restored to happiness (salvâ justitia dei) without prejudice to the honour, justice, and truth of God, this, this, is the business that lay before them.
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