A39663:410
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.
Seventhly, His sanctifying himself, imports the extraordinariness of his Person. For it speaks him to be both Priest, Sacrifice, and Altar all in one. A thing unheard of in the world before. So that his name might well be called wonderful. ⟨p. 74⟩I sanctify my self. I sanctify, according to both natures. My self, that is my humane nature; which was the Sacrifice, upon the Altar of my Divine nature. For 'tis the Altar that sanctifies the gift. As the three offices never met in one Person before, so these three things never met in one Priest before. The Priests indeed Consecrated the bodies of Beasts for Sacrifice; but never offered up their own Souls, and Bodies as a whole burnt offering, as Christ did. And thus you have the import of this phrase, I sanctify my self for their sake.
Seventhly, His sanctifying himself, imports the extraordinariness of his Person. For it speaks him to be both Priest, Sacrifice, and Altar all in one. A thing unheard of in the world before. So that his name might well be called wonderful. ⟨p. 74⟩I sanctifie my self. I sanctifie, according to both natures. My self, that is my humane nature; which was the Sacrifice, upon the Altar of my Divine nature. For 'tis the Altar that sanctifies the gift. As the three offices never met in one Person before, so these three things never met in one Priest before. The Priests indeed Consecrated the bodies of Beasts for Sacrifice; but never offered up their own Souls, and Bodies as a whole burnt offering, as Christ did. And thus you have the import of this phrase, I sanctifie my self for their sake.
Secondly, I shall show you briefly the habitude, and respect that all this hath to us. For unto us the Scriptures every where refer it. So in 1 Cor. 5.7. Christ our Passover is Sacrificed for us,