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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.
4. This relief is to be had no where else. You may go through the world, and try every thing in it, and whatsoever other help you may possibly find in it, yet in this great case, and only distressing exigence, it can afford you none at all. There is no second being that can take away either the Guilt or the ••lth of Sin: the whole world will not make a •p•ice equivalent for the buying off the Sentence that is upon you, and afford you Redemption, this is clearly intimated in Psal 49. 6, 7. And the reason is given, Verse 8▪ For their Redemption is precious, and it ceaseth for ever. All your legal courses, will not take away the ⟨p. 94⟩stain and defilement that is upon you by reason of sin; what saith God to them, Jer. 2. 22. Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take th•• much s•pe, yet thine iniquity is marked before m•, saith the Lord God.
4. This relief is to be had no where else. You may go through the world, and try every •hing in it, and whatsoever other help you may possibly find in it, yet in this great case, and only distressing exigence, it can afford you none at all. There is no second being that can take away either the Guilt or the ••lth of Sin: the whole world will not make a •p•ice equivalent for the buying off the Sentence that is upon you, and afford you Redemption, this is clearly intimated in Psal 49. 6, 7. And the reason is given, Verse 8▪ For their Redemption is precious, and it ceaseth for ever. All your legal courses, will not take away the ⟨p. 94⟩stain and defilement that is upon you by reason of sin; what saith God to them,