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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.
1In the last place I rather choose to persuade you to see your necessity of this Priest, and his most excellent sacrifice; and accordingly to make use of it. The best of you have polluted natures, poisoned in the womb with sin; those natures have need of this sacrifice. They must have the benefit of this blood to pardon and cleanse them, or be eternally damned. Hear me ye that never spent a tear for the sin of nature; if the blood of Christ be not sprinkled upon your natures, it had been better for you, that you had been the generation of beasts, the off-spring of Dragons or Toads. They have a contemptible, but not a vitiated, sinful nature as you have.
1In the last place I rather choose to perswade you to see your necessity of this Priest, and his most excellent sacrifice; and accordingly to make use of it. The best of you have polluted natures, poisoned in the womb with sin; those natures have need of this sacrifice. They must have the benefit of this blood to pardon and cleanse them, or be eternally damned. Hear me ye that never spent a tear for the sin of nature; if the blood of Christ be not springled upon your natures, it had been better for you, that you had been the generation of beasts, the off-spring of Dragons or Toads. They have a contemptible, but not a vitiated, sinful nature as you have.
- 1Cor. 4.
Your Actual sins have need of this Priest, and his sacrifice to procure remission for them. If he take them not away by the blood of his cross, they can never be taken away. They will lie down with you in the dust. They will rise with you, and follow you to the Judgement seat; crying we are thy works, and we will follow thee. All thy repentance and tears, shouldst thou weep as many tears as there be drops in the Ocean, can never take away sin. Thy duties, even the best of them, need this sacrifice. It is in the virtue thereof that they are accepted of God. And were it not God had respect to Christs offering, he would not regard, or look towards thee, or any of thy duties. Thou couldst no more come near God, than thou couldst approach a devouring fire, or dwell with everlasting burnings.