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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.
Secondly, The time when the Lord Jesus appointed this ordinance. In the same night in which he was betrayed. It could not be sooner, because the passover must first be celebrated; nor later, for that night he was apprehended. It is therefore emphatically expressed [Greek or Hebrew], in that same night, that night for ever to be remembered. He gives that night a cordial draught to his Disciples, before the conflict. He settles that night an Ordinance in the Church, for the confirmation and consolation of his people, in all generations to the end of the world. By instituting in that night, he gives abundant evidence of his care for his people, in spending so much of that little, very little time he had left, on their account.
Secondly, The time when the Lord Jesus appointed this ordinance. In the same night in which he was betrayed. It could not be sooner, because the passover must first be celebrated; nor later, for that night he was apprehended. It is therefore emphatically expressed 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in that same night, that night for ever to be remembred. He gives that night a cordial draught to his Disciples, before the conflict. He settles that night an Ordinance in the Church, for the confirmation and consolation of his people, in all generations to the end of the world. By instituting in that night, he gives abundant evidence of his care for his people, in spending so much of that little, very little time he had left, on their account.
Thirdly, The Institution it self, in which we have, the memorative, significative, instructive signs, and they are Bread and Wine. And the glorious mysteries represented, and shadowed forth by them, viz. Jesus Christ crucified; the proper New-Testament nourishment of Believers. Bread and Wine are choice creatures; and do excellently shadow forth the flesh and blood of ⟨p. 267⟩crucified Jesus: And that both in their natural usefulness, and manner of preparation. Their usefulness is very great; Bread is a creature necessary to uphold and maintain our natural life. Therefore it's called the staff of bread,