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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.
DOCTRINE. VI. When God hath brought his Chosen to bewail their Sins, especially the Affronts which they have Offered to Christ, and to Pray to him for Mercy, he will then make a gracious Discovery of this Fountain to them.
THE rise of this Doctrine is from the Coherence of the Text with that which went before. God had promised to pour out such a spirit upon them, Chap. 12. 10 &c. And here he tells us that in that day this Fountain shall be ⟨p. 128⟩Opened. In the former Doctrine we considered this benefit as it refers to the Church in general, and particularly to Gods Ancient people, considered as a People: In this we come to take an account of it as it refers to Persons, and is applied to men in Conversion; which we are to suppose to be included in the former, as the spiritual aim of it. And that we may come at the right sense of this Doctrine, observe these Conclusions.
THE rise of this Doctrine is from the Coherence of the Text with that which went before. God had promised to pour out such a spirit upon them, Chap. 12. 10 &c. And here he tells us that in that day this Fountain shall be ⟨p. 128⟩Opened. In the former Doctrine we considered this benefit as it refers to the Church in general, and particularly to Gods Ancient people, considered as a People: In this we come to take an account of it as it refers to Persons, and is applyed to men in Conversion; which we are to suppose to be included in the former, as the spiritual aim of it. And that we may come at the right sense of this Doctrine, observe these Conclusions.
1. That there are those whom God hath chose in Christ, to be made partakers in his saving be fits. We before observed that if we would take the Consideration of the great affair of Gods grace appearing in the good will that he manifests to sinful man, at the rise of it, we must follow it up to the eternal purpose o God, in which the whole Scheme of it was laid out. Now in this purpose of his there was a designation of them that should be the subjects in whom this Grace was to shine forth; and accordingly all was accommodated for the illustration of it in such a subject. When therefore the Apostle discourseth of these Spiritual Blessings, he runneth them up hither,