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…

3. Have you been encouraged to go to God I• Prayer for this with hope? A spirit of Supplication is a gracious frame, that is put into the heart by the spirit of God; and there are the Graces that are used in the exerting of it: the principal of these is Faith, and the first stirring of it is usually in Hope; which hope is alway• at work, and moveth in the genuine prayers o• the people of God. This hope hath not always alike strength in it; but yet it hath tha• degree of it, whereby we are enabled to loo• with some expectation of receiving the good we ask for, at the hands of God. In you• distress by reason of sin, you resolved to go to God for help against it; and what was it tha• drew out this resolution? was it not an apprehension that Christ was such a •ountain fo• sin, and at least a resolve that the thing i• not impossible; thus therefore he argued, J•• 3 9. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, & turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not

4. Have you freely confessed your sins in the Aggravations of them? Right con•ession alway• ⟨p. 159⟩••ows from a spirit of Prayer. God expects it, Jer. 3. 13. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, &c. David therefore tells us in what way he went for, and how he obtained a pardon, and the healing of his sins,