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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
THE Fountain Opened, &c. › Doctrine 5 › Proposition 1: PROPOSITION. I.
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PROPOSITION. I.
That there is a great and general Calling of the JEWS yet to come. As there was a time whe• God rejected them, for the horrible contempt which they cast upon Christ and his Gospel in which they were made a scorn and a r• proach to the world, and were dispersed fro• one end of the earth to another; so there […] ⟨p. 107⟩a time come when there shall be a National return of them to God, and they shall accept of Christ for their Lord and Saviour. The truth of this hath been, and still is denied, and strenuously oppugned by some; and the seemingly long delay of it, hath made many to hesitate about it; and it is not to be wondered at, for Christ predicted, Luk. 18. 8. When the Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith •• the Earth? Which some have interpreted to have a respect to the belief of this truth. But there are others who with as great vigour defend it, and have solidly confuted all the pretended pleadings against it; and although it be not a Fundamental Article of Salvation, yet there is so much of Consolation arising from it to the people of God, in these dark days of tribulation upon the Church of Christ, that it is worth our while a little to refresh our selves with the speculation of it: And here let me premise, That this truth is purely of Revelation, and the Credit of it depends entirely on the Divine Testimony; we must therefore Search the Scriptures, i• we would know whether it be so. And among many Scripture confirmations of it, give me leave to offer a few Considerations; and to make way to this. Observe,