A39663:723
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.
We must distinguish betwixt what is essential, 1and what is accidental in punishment. The primary intent of the Law is reparation, and satisfaction; he that can make it at one entire payment, (as Christ could and did) ought to be discharged. He that cannot (as no mere creature can) ought to lye for ever, as the damned do under sufferings.
We must distinguish betwixt what is essential, 1and what is accidental in punishment. The primary intent of the Law is reparation, and satisfaction; he that can make it at one intire payment, (as Christ could and did) ought to be discharged. He that cannot (as no meer creature can) ought to lye for ever, as the damned do under sufferings.
- 1Sol.
If God will be satisfied for our sin, 1before he pardon them; how then is pardon an Act of Grace?
- 1Object.
Pardon could not be an act of pure grace if God received satisfaction from us,1 but if he pardon us, upon the satisfaction received from Christ; though it be of debt to him, it is of grace to us. For it was grace to admit a surety to satisfy; more grace to provide him, and most of all to apply his satisfaction to us, by uniting us to Christ, as he hath done.