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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.
It is said so in the text, If any man; that is, any man that believes in Jesus Christ, he shall ask, and he shall give him life So that you see here is the promise made to such, the promise is, that upon asking, he shall give life to his sinful brother. Who shall give him life? Interpreters take it both ways, and both agreeable to the text, and the Analogy of faith; for whether he that prays be as an Instrument, or God, it is all one, for it must be God that doth it, and he that prays is an Instrument, he procures to his sinning brother great favour from God.
It is said so in the text, If any man; that is, any man that beleeves in Jesus Christ, he shall aske, and he shall give him life So that you see here is the promise made to such, the promise is, that upon asking, he shall give life to his sinfull brother. Who shall give him life? Interpreters take it both wayes, and both agreeable to the text, and the Analogie of faith; for whether he that prayes be as an Instrument, or God, it is all one, for it must be God that doth it, and he that prayes is an Instrument, he procures to his sinning brother great favour from God.
Life] that is, the life of Justification,, and of Sanctification consolation and comfort to his soul notwithstanding his sin; the promise is evident, he shall prevail with God, to bestow life upon his brother. This you shall see evident from Scripture, Deut. 9.25, 26. I fell down before the Lord forty days, and forty nights, &c. and thereupon the Lord did show mercy, and pardoned their sin. Job prayed for his friends, and the Lord said he would accept him, Job 42.8, 9. And so our Saviour, he prayed for his crucifiers. And it is generally thought, that the powerful prevalency of Peters Sermon in converting three thousand souls at once, did ⟨p. 256⟩especially spring from our Saviours prayer, and the efficacy of it,