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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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Now from what hath been said, we may proceed to the thing in hand: and in general▪ observe, That though there be a Mystical sense in some Prophesies about Israel, yet they go too far, who would restrain all altogether to this, as those do who deny this Doctrine: yea there is a Compound sense in many of these things, and they aim both at the one and the other: and though divers things did refer to the return from Babylon, yet not all, but some look farther; yea even those that engross that in them, have a longer reach in them, many of them: and though some things had their fulfilment in the days of Christ & his Apostl• yet others had not, but still remain to be brought to pass; and those which then had a beginning have a greater fullness behind; and that the calling of the JEWS is one of these will be evident, if we consider.
Now from what hath been said, we may proceed to the thing in hand: and in general▪ observe, That though there be a Mystical sense in some Prophesies about Israel, yet they go too far, who would restrain all altogether to this, as those do who deny this Doctrine: yea there is a Compound sense in many of these things, and they aim both at the one and the other: and though divers things did refer to the return from Babylon, yet not all, but some look farther; yea even those that engross that in them, have a longer reach in them, many of them: and though some things had their fulfillment in the days of Christ & his Apostl• yet others had not, but still remain to be brought to pass; and those which then had a b•ginning have a greater f•llness behind; and that the calling of the JEWS is one of these will be evident, if we consider.
1. That there is a Calling of the JEWS m•• tioned distributively with that of the Gentiles; and therefore it must be literally understo, with respect to that Nation, and cannot be restrained to the Mystical body of Christ, which comprehends all of both sorts in it. This is designedly handled by the Apostle in,