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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 If indeed you have a Title to Christ, the knowledge of it will afford you much Consolation. And indeed, what comfort can be comparable to that of one who knows his Name to be written in Heaven, Luk. 10. 20. That man who is in such a case, is happy indeed, beyond all danger of being ever miserable. Surely then, he who knows this to be his condition, cannot but Rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory. And ⟨p. 97⟩for your help in this enquiry; observe;
3 If indeed you have a Title to Christ, the knowledge of it will afford you much Consolation. And indeed, what comfort can be comparable to that of one who knows his Name to be written in Heaven, Luk. 10. 20. That man who is in such a case, is happy indeed, beyond all danger of being ever miserable. Surely then, he who knows this to be his condition, cannot but Rejoyce with joy unspeakable, and full of glory. And ⟨p. 97⟩for your help in this enquiry; observe;
1. If this Fountain be yours, you have come to it by a living Faith. It is offered to us in the Promise, and we receive it by believing. No unbeliever can lay any claim to it, but every true believer can. If you have received Christ, you have believed in him, and if you have believed in him, you are the Children of God, and heirs of the springs of Salvation, Joh. 1. 12. As many as received him, to them be gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe in his name. Coming to him, and believing on him are equivalent terms in the Gospel.