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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.
First, our Intercessor in the Heavens is every way able and fit for the work, he is engaged in there. What ever is desirable in an Advocate, is in him eminently. It is necessary that he who undertakes to plead the cause of another, especially if it be weighty and intricate should be wise, faithful, tender-hearted, and one that concerns himself in the success of his business. Our Advocate Christ wants no wisdom, to manage his work. He is the wisdom of God; yea only wise, Jude 25. There's much folly in the best of our duties, we know not how to press an argument home with God; but Christ hath the art of it. Our business is in a wise hand. He is no less faithful, than wise; therefore he is called a faithful High-Priest in things pertaining to God. Heb. 2.17. He assures us we may safely trust our concerns with him. Joh. 14.2. ⟨p. 158⟩In my Fathers house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you. Q. D. do you think I will deceive you? Men may cheat you, but I will not: your own hearts may, and daily do deceive you; but so will not I. And for tender heartedness, and sensible resentments of our conditions▪ there is none like him. Heb. 4.15. For we have not an High-Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are; yet without sin. We have not one that cannot sympathize,1 so it is in the Greek: and on purpose that he might be the better able to sympathize with us, he came as near to our conditions, as the holiness of his nature could permit. He suffered himself to be in all points tempted like as we are, sin only excepted.
First, our Intercessor in the Heavens is every way able and fit for the work, he is ingaged in there. What ever is desirable in an Advocate, is in him eminently. It is necessary that he who undertakes to plead the cause of another, especially if it be weighty and intricate should be wise, faithful, tender-hearted, and one that concerns himself in the success of his business. Our Advocate Christ wants no wisdom, to manage his work. He is the wisdom of God; yea only wise,