A39663:384
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.
Inference 5.
1Again, here you have another call to admire the grace and love both of the Father and Son to your Souls. It is not lawful to compare them, but it's duty to admire them. Was it not wonderful grace in the Father, to Seal a Commission for the death of his Son, for the humbling of him as low as Hell, and in that Method to save you, when you might rather have expected, he should have Sealed your Mittimus for Hell rather than a Commission for your Salvation! He might rather have set his irreversible Seal to the sentence of your Damnation, than to a Commission for his Sons humiliation for you. And no less is the love of Christ to be wondered at, that would accept such a Commission as this for us, and receive this Seal, understanding fully (as he did) what were the contents of that Commission that the Father delivered him thus Sealed. And ⟨p. 67⟩knowing that there could be no reversing of it afterwards.
1Again, here you have another call to admire the grace and love both of the Father and Son to your Souls. It is not lawful to compare them, but it's duty to admire them. Was it not wonderful grace in the Father, to Seal a Commission for the death of his Son, for the humbling of him as low as Hell, and in that Method to save you, when you might rather have expected, he should have Sealed your Mittimus for Hell rather than a Commission for your Salvation! He might rather have set his irreversible Seal to the sentence of your Damnation, than to a Commission for his Sons humiliation for you. And no less is the love of Christ to be wondred at, that would accept such a Commission as this for us, and receive this Seal, understanding fully (as he did) what were the contents of that Commission that the Father delivered him thus Sealed. And