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The fountain opened, or, The great gospel privilege of having Christ exhibited to sinful…The fountain opened, or, The great gospel priviledge of having Christ exhibited to sinfull…
The fountain opened, or, The great gospel privilege of having Christ exhibited to sinful men wherein also is proved that there shall be a national calling of the Jews from Zech. XIII. I. / by Samuel Willard ...The fountain opened, or, The great gospel priviledge of having Christ exhibited to sinfull men wherein also is proved that there shall be a national calling of the Jews from Zech. XIII. I. / by Samuel Willard ...
printed by B. Green for Samuel Sewall Junior, 1700
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.
3. That way might be made for this, there must •• a subject for it to work upon▪ which needed this Redemption and Salvation. A Redeemer, and Redeeme• are Correlates, and one cannot be without the other: This is a Relative Title, and •••refore if there had been nothing to Re•••m, Christ could never have born that Title •• him: Redemption supposeth a forfeiture, •• captivity, which the subject which is to partake in it, is fallen under, and from whence his necessity of being redeemed doth arise, in that •• is by this means to be restored from it. •• is true, there are other ways among men, by which such an one may be delivered, viz. •ither by a free setting him at liberty without any satisfaction made, by the bounty of the Creditor, or by a forcible recovery of him out of the hands of those that hold him; but this is one way, and the only one in the case before us; viz. by the laying down of an indented price, or by an exchange of persons, to •oth of which the case in hand is referred, 1▪ Cor. 6. 20. Ye are bought with a price 1 Tim. 2. 6. Who gave himself a ransom for••s. Gal 3. 13. ⟨p. 70⟩Christ hath redeemed us from the Curse o• […] Law, being made a Curse for us. Hence […] appointing of Christ to be a Redeemer, ha• respect to mans fa••ing into such a condition• • made him to stand▪ in need of one; w necessity was another Medium for the […] festation of this Grace and Mercy.