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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.
And on the other side, Moses took the blood of the sacrifice, and sprinkled it upon the people, and by this means they did pass into Covenant with God. It implies thus much, when we come to make a Covenant with God, we profess our selves as guilty of death, and therefore look up to Christ, desiring that his death might be imputed to us, and we thereupon offer our selves, souls and bodies to be obedient to God to the death; only we require this back again of God, that as we give up our selves a sacrifice to him, so that the Lord Jesus Christ might be imputed unto us; and the blood of Christ, and the life of Christ might be communicated to us; his life of righteousness, and holiness, and of eternal glory, all that life that is in Christ might become ours, this doth God require of them, and this is to make a Covenant with God by way of sacrifice; for the Burnt-offering, vers. 5. was a Type of Christ, the Meat-offering was a Type of the peoples giving up themselves to God, and this is to make a Covenant by sacrifice: we confess ⟨p. 33⟩we deserve death, but for time to come, we desire to give up our selves, to do and suffer his will, only we desire that the blood of Christ might be sprinkled upon our souls, and that we might live in his sight.
And on the other side, Moses tooke the blood of the sacrifice, and sprinkled it upon the people, and by this meanes they did passe into Covenant with God. It implyes thus much, when we come to make a Covenant with God, we professe our selves as guilty of death, and therefore look up to Christ, desiring that his death might be imputed to us, and we thereupon offer our selves, soules and bodies to bee obedient to God to the death; onely we require this back againe of God, that as we give up our selves a sacrifice to him, so that the Lord Jesus Christ might be imputed unto us; and the blood of Christ, and the life of Christ might be communicated to us; his life of righteousnesse, and holinesse, and of eternal glory, all that life that is in Christ might become ours, this doth God require of them, and this is to make a Covenant with God by way of sacrifice; for the Burnt-offering, vers. 5. was a Type of Christ, the Meat-offering was a Type of the peoples giving up themselves to God, and this is to make a Covenant by sacrifice: we confesse ⟨p. 33⟩we deserve death, but for time to come, we desire to give up our selves, to do and suffer his will, onely we desire that the blood of Christ might be sprinkled upon our souls, and that we might live in his sight.