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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
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.
1. What is included in the opening of this Fountain?
A. Opening and shutting are contraries; and when it is opened, it supposeth that before it was shut: either it was not known, or it was inaccessible. There is therefore a double opening of this fountain which is here intended, viz
1. By Revelation, or Discovery. A thing that is hidden or secret, is said to be shut, but when it is published or made known, then it is opened; and it is to be observed, that the discovery of this fountain is by Revelation: all the wisdom and understanding of Angels and men, which they had in them by nature, could never have found this out; natures light afforded not a key to unlock this mystery: When it lay in the Cabinet of God's Eternal Counsel, it was a sealed thing, & there was no mere Creature that could open it; but God hath made known this glorious fountain, and set it forth manifestly before us. Now the things which God hath opened to us by it, are;
1. By Revelation, or Discovery. A thing that is hidden or secret, is said to be shut, but when it is published or made known, then it is opened; and it is to be observed, that the discovery of this fountain is by Revelation: all the wisdom and understanding of Angels and men, which they had in them by nature, could never have found this out; natures light afforded not a key to unlock this mystery: When it lay in the Cabinet of God's Eternal Counsel, it was a sealed thing, & there was no meer Creature that could open it; but God hath made known this glorious fountain, and set it forth manifestly before us. Now the things which God hath opened to us by it, are;