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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. That there is a time when God will Open and Apply Christ to these. They are born in their natural estate strangers to Christ, and far from Salvation, Eph 2. 3. We were Children of wrath, even as others. They may live a great while in their Alienation from him, and refuse him, though he offers himself unto them: they ever do so till he comes with power. But because he hath chosen them to obtain Salvation by Christ, he will therefore bring them to this Fountain, and make them to partake in a title to it, and effectual influences of it upon them: Our Saviour hath plumply asserted that in, Joh. 6. 37. All that the Father hath given me shall come unto me I• Election hath pitched upon a person, Vocation will without fail, sooner or later find him out, and bring him home.
4. That in order to his so Opening this Fountain, he will produce the fore cited effects in them, by the power of his Spirit, viz. a spirit of Mourning, and a spirit of Supplication. This is the way in which he makes Christ Effectual in men, for the ends of his being a fountain to them.
Now for our right taking up of this order, Let us observe in general, That we are considering of such as are converted to God, under and by the dispensation of the Gospel and Ordinances, and the effectual application of them. As for Gods proceeding with Elect• Infants, who die before they are capable o• being so treated, we are not now enquiring after that. Here then more particularly […] these things be considered.
Now for our right taking up of this order, Let us observe in general, That we are considering of such as are converted to God, under and by the dispensation of the Gospel and Ordinances, and the effectual applicatio of them. As for Gods proceeding with Elect Infants, who dy before they are capable o being so treated, we are not now enquiring after that. Here then more particularly these things be considered.