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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.
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Moreover,1 hence we infer the validity and unquestionable success, of Christs intercession in heaven; for believers. You read Heb. 7.25. That he ever lives, to make intercession. And Heb. 12.24. That his blood speaks for good things, for them. Now, that his blood shall obtain what it pleads in heaven for, is undoubted: and that from the consideration of this covenant ⟨p. 34⟩of redemption: for here you see that the things he now asks of his Father, are the very same which his Father promised him, and Covenanted to give him; before this world was: so that besides the interest of the person, the very equity of the matter speaks its success, and requires performance: whatever he asks for us, is as due to him; as the wages of the hireling, when the work is ended: if the work be done, and done faithfully, as the father hath acknowledged it is: then the reward is due, and due immediately; and no doubt but he shall receive it, from the hands of a righteous God.
Moreover,1 hence we infer the validity and unquestionable success, of Christs intercession in heaven; for believers. You read Heb. 7.25. That he ever lives, to make intercession. And