The fountain of life opened, or, A display of Christ in his essential and mediatorial glory wherein the impetration of our redemption by Jesus Christ is orderly unfolded as it was begun, carryed on, and finished by his covenant-transaction, mysterious incarnation, solemn call and dedication ... / by John Flavell ...
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The fountain of life opened, or, A display of Christ in his essential and mediatorial glory wherein the impetration of our redemption by Jesus Christ is orderly unfolded as it was begun, carryed on, and finished by his covenant-transaction, mysterious incarnation, solemn call and dedication ... / by John Flavell ...
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Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.
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London :: Printed for Rob. White, for Francis Tyton ...,
1673.
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Jesus Christ -- Ethics.
Presbyterian Church -- Sermons.
Sermons, English -- 17th century.
Immortality.
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"The fountain of life opened, or, A display of Christ in his essential and mediatorial glory wherein the impetration of our redemption by Jesus Christ is orderly unfolded as it was begun, carryed on, and finished by his covenant-transaction, mysterious incarnation, solemn call and dedication ... / by John Flavell ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39663.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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Diduction 1.
Are dying believers only warranted and encouraged thus to com∣mend their souls into the hands of God. What a sad straight then must all dying unbelievers be in about their souls? Such souls will fall into the hands of God, but that's their misery, not their prive∣ledge. They are not put by faith into the hands of mercy, but fall by sin into the hands of justice. Not God, but the Devil is their Father, Iob. 8.44. Whither should the child go, but to its own Father? They have not one of those forementioned encouragements
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to cast themselves into the hands of God, except the naked relation they have to God as their Creator, and that's as good as none, with∣out the new creation. If they have nothing but this to plead for their salvation, the Devil hath as much to plead as they. It's the new creature that brings the first creation into repute again with God.
O dismal! O deplorable case! A pool soul is turning out of house and home and knows not where to go. It departs and im∣mediately falls into the hands of justice. The Devil stands by waiting for such a soul whom God will throw to him, as a Dog for a crust. Little, ah little do the friends of such a one think whilst they are honouring his dust by a splendid and honourable funeral, what a case that poor soul is in that lately dwelt there; and what fearful straights, and extremities it is now exposed to. They will cry indeed, Lord, Lord, open to us, Matth. 7.22. But to how lit∣tle purpose are their vain cries. Will God hear him when he cries Iob. 27.9. It's a lamentable case.