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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.
1. Have you found kindled in you a restless desire to be delivered from Sin? True prayers •e the offering up of our real and cordial de•es unto God; and hence by discovering the •uth of our desires, we may come to know •hat our Prayers are. Now there is none •at prays aright against sin, but he that longs •satiably to be rid of it. There are many […] pray to have those miseries removed which •ey undergo for sin; but this is but Howling, •d not Praying: that is a right expressing of •ur request on this account, Hos. 14. 2. Take •ay all iniquity. But the heart must go with •• which it will never do, till we are weary •• sin, and the presence of it is an heavy burden to us.
1. Have you found kindled in you a restless •esire to be delivered from Sin? True prayers •e the offering up of our real and cordial de•es unto God; and hence by discovering the •uth of our desires, we may come to know •hat our Prayers are. Now there is none •at prays aright against sin, but he that longs •satiably to be rid of it. There are many 〈…〉 pray to have those miseries removed which •ey undergo for sin; but this is but Howling, •d not Praying: that is a right expressing of ur request on this account,