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Christ the fountain of lifeChrist the fountaine of life
Christ the fountain of life: or, Sundry choice sermons on part of the fifth chapter of the first Epistle of St. John. Preached by that learned judicious divine, and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Cotton B.D. now preacher at Boston in New-England. Published according to Order.Christ the fountaine of life: or, Sundry choyce sermons on part of the fift chapter of the first Epistle of St. John. Preached by that learned judicious divine, and faithfull minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Cotton B.D. now preacher at Boston in New-England. Published according to Order.
London: printed by Robert Ibbitson, 1651
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.
had a company of Roman Soldiers fallen upon Christ, and either out of wrath against him, or love to themselves, had pulled him in pieces and eaten him, goblet by goblet, it had profited them nothing; had men eaten the real body of Christ and drunk up his blood, and joined with others in so doing, and left none of him, all this had profited them nothing, nay, it profits nothing, for the Capernaites ask the question, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? it is an hard saying, they thought it incredible, v. 5.2. they would think it a savage brutishness to fall upon him in that manner, and therefore our Saviour so confesseth, that it is no part of his meaning, that they should eat and drink his real body and blood: but he means the breathing of the spirit in the Ordinances, if you can relish,1 and feed upon that; and grow to be such as Christ was in this world, that was the meat and drink of his soul, if you grow humble and meek, and be transformed into the spirit of Christ, if you see your spirits conformable to the will of Christ, it is a sign of the life of holiness in your souls, which God hath given you through Christ.
had a company of Roman Souldiers fallen upon Christ, and either out of wrath against him, or love to themselves, had pulled him in peeces and eaten him, goblet by goblet, it had profitted them nothing; had men eaten the reall body of Christ and drunk up his blood, and joyned with others in so doing, and left none of him, al this had profited them nothing, nay, it profits nothing, for the Capernites aske the question, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? it is an hard saying, they thought it incredible, v. 5.2. they would think it a savage bruitishnesse to fal upon him in that manner, and therefore our Saviour so confesseth, that it is no part of his meaning, that they should eate and drinke his reall body and blood: but hee meanes the breathing of the spirit in the Ordinances, if you can rellish,1 and feed upon that; and grow to be such as Christ was in this world, that was the meate and drinke of his soule, if you grow humble and meek, and be transformed into the spirit of Christ, if you see your spirits conformable to the will of Christ, it is a signe of the life of holinesse in your soules, which God hath given you through Christ.
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