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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. 1. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Three lines of quotations]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. 1. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Three lines of quotations]
printed by B. Green for Samuel Sewall Junior, 1700
THE Fountain Opened, &c. › Doctrine 1: DOCTRINE I. That Jesus Christ is a Fountain of saving Good.
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.
What is nextly intended by this fountain, Commentators do variously guess; some apply it to the Grace of God, some to the Holy Ghost, some to the Gospel it self▪ and some to Baptism, or to both of the Sacraments of the New Testament. But all agree that it ultimately refers to Christ, as he in whom all that Grace which is provided for the relief of sinful man, is treasured up as in a fountain, according to, Col 1.19. It pleased the Father, that in him should all fullness dwell This then is one of the pr••ious T••les of Christ; & ⟨p. 8⟩it is Metaphorical or allusive, pointing us to the consideration of an earthly thing, and such as is well known, for our help in the contemplation of him, and the great benefit that accrueth by him to his people. In the clearing up of this Doctrine, three things may be inquired into, viz.
WHat is nextly intended by this fountain, Commentators do variously guess; some apply it to the Grace of God, some to the Holy Ghost, some to the Gospel it self▪ and some to Baptism, or to both of the Sacraments of the New Testament. But all agree that it ultimately refers to Christ, as he in whom all that Grace which is provided for the relief of sinful man, is treasured up as in a fountain, according to, Col 1.19. It pleased the Father, that in him should all fulness dwell This then is one of the pr••ious T••les of Christ; & ⟨p. 8⟩it is Metaphorical or allusive, pointing us to the consideration of an earthly thing, and such as is well known, for our help in the contemplation of him, and the great benefit that accrueth by him to his people. In the clearing up of this Doctrine, three things may be inquired into, viz.