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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 2: PROPOSITION. II.
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1. The thing is a matter of Faith, and so • Calls for Prayer. It as a truth not to be doubted of, since God hath given us the assurance of it in his word, and we ought to Receive his Testimony, and thereby Set to our Seal that […] is True. Now the things that we believe, because God hath promised them, and which are future, are such things as are proper for • to pray for: they are good in themselves, an• worth the desiring; & the strength of Prayer • in this belief: yea this is the way in which God hath said that he will communicate the good promised to his people, Ezek 36. 37 I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them.
1. The thing is a matter of Faith, and so • Calls for Prayer. It as a truth not to be doubted of, since God hath given us the assurance of it in his word, and we ought to Receive his Testimony, and thereby Set to our Seal that 〈…〉 is True. Now the things that we believe, because God hath promised them, and which are future, are such things as are proper for • to pray for: they are good in themselves, an• worth the desiring; & the strength of Prayer • in this belief: yea this is the way in which God hath said that he will communicate the good promised to his people, Ezek 36. 37 I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them.
2. They once Prayed for us, we therefore o•• this duty to them. There was a time whe• God only knew them of all the Families of t•• earth; the Gentiles were far off: then the prayed that we might be brought in to Chris