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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.
Corollary 1.
Corolary 1.
1Learn hence the exceeding preciousness of Souls; and at what an high rate God values them, that he will give his Son, his only Son out of his bosom as a ransom for them. Surely this speaks their preciousness. God would not have parted with such a Son, for small matters. All the world could not redeem them. Gold and Silver could not be their ransom. 1 Pet. 1.18. So speaks the Apostle, You were not redeemed with corruptible things, as Silver and Gold; but with the precious blood of Christ. Such an esteem God had of them, that rather than they should perish: Jesus Christ shall be made a man, yea a curse for them. O then learn to put a due value upon your own souls. Don't sell that cheap, which God hath paid so dear for. Remember what a treasure you carry about you. The glory that you see in this world, is not equivalent in worth to it, Matth. 16.26. What shall a man give in exchange for his Soul?
1Learn hence the exceeding preciousness of Souls; and at what an high rate God values them, that he will give his Son, his only Son out of his bosom as a ransom for them. Surely this speaks their preciousness. God would not have parted with such a Son, for small matters. All the world could not redeem them. Gold and Silver could not be their ransom. 1 Pet. 1.18. So speaks the Apostle, You were not redeemed with corruptible things, as Silver and Gold; but with the precious blood of Christ. Such an esteem God had of them, that rather than they should perish: Jesus Christ shall be made a man, yea a curse for them. O then learn to put a due value upon your own souls. Don't sell that cheap, which God hath paid so dear for. Remember what a treasure you carry about you. The glory that you see in this world, is not equivolent in worth to it,