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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.
More particularly, in these words you have the Believers discharge from the curse of the Law, and the way and manner thereof opened.
First, The Believers discharge. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law. The Law of God hath three parts, Commands, Promises, and Threatenings, or Curses. The Curse of the Law is its condemning sentence, whereby a sinner is bound over to death, even the death of soul and body. The chains by which it binds him, is the guilt of sin; and from this none can loose the soul, but Christ. This curse of the Law is the most dreadful thing imaginable. It strikes at the life of the sinner. Yea, his best life, the eternal life of the soul. And when it hath condemned, it is inexorable. No cries, nor tears, no reformations, or repentance can loose the guilty sinner; for it requires for its reparation, that which no mere creature can give; even an infinite satisfaction. Now from this curse, Christ frees the Believer. That is, he dissolves the obligation to punishment. Cancels the handwriting. Looses all the bonds and chains of guilt. So that the curse of the Law hath nothing to do with him for ever.
First, The Believers discharge. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law. The Law of God hath three parts, Commands, Promises, and Threatnings, or Curses. The Curse of the Law is its condemning sentence, whereby a sinner is bound over to dea•h, even the death of soul and body. The chains by which it binds him, is the guilt of sin; and from this none can loose the soul, but Christ. This curse of the Law is the most dreadful thing imaginable. It strikes at the life of the sinner. Yea, his best life, the eternal life of the soul. And when it hath condemned, it is inexorable. No cries, nor tears, no reformations, or repentance can loose the guilty sinner; for it requir•s for its reparation, that which no meer creature can give; even an infinite satisfaction. Now from this curse, Christ frees the Believer. That is, he dissolves the obligation to punishment. Cancels the handwriting. Looses all the bonds and chains of guilt. So that the curse of the Law hath nothing to do with him for ever.