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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. II. Jesus Christ is an Opened fountain in the days of the Gospel.
OUR Prophet is speaking of, and predicting about Gospel times, and tells us, that in that day there shall be a fountain Opened. Under the former Doctrine we had Christ commended to us as a fountain of saving good, whose fullness of all Grace and Goodness may invite the poor and needy Soul to repair to him, to have all its wants supplied: In this we have a farther commendation given him by the Epithet added, viz. That he is a Fountain Opened, which mightily adds to the encouragement of indigent ones to come to him. Under the former Metaphor he was exhibited as an All sufficient Saviour, and by this he is set forth as a free, ready and willing Saviour; that shows what he is in himself; this tells us what ⟨p. 23⟩he▪ is willing to be to us, if we would so make use of him.
OUR Prophet is speaking of, and predicting about Gospel times, and tells us, that in that day there shall be a fountain Opened. Under the former Doctrine we had Christ commended to us as a fountain of saving good, whose fulness of all Grace and Goodness may invite the poor and needy Soul to repair to him, to have all its wants supplied: In this we have a farther commendation given him by the Epithet added, viz. That he is a Fountain Opened, which mightily adds to the encouragement of indigent ones to come to him. Under the former Metaphor he was exhibited as an All sufficient Saviour, and by this he is set forth as a free, ready and willing Saviour; that shews what he is in himself; this tells us what ⟨p. 23⟩he▪ is willing to be to us, if we would so make use of him.