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A39663 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 ... Flavel, John, 1630?-1691. 1673 (1673) Wing F1162; ESTC R20462 564,655 688

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the_o redeemer_n nortons_n orthodox_n evangelist_n pag_n 41._o the_o call_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n unto_o office_n include_v election_n on_o the_o father_n part_n and_o acceptation_n on_o the_o mediator_n part_n and_o be_v set_v down_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o mutual_a transaction_n between_o god_n and_o christ_n whereby_o he_o be_v design_v thereunto_o as_o it_o be_v by_o way_n of_o covenant_n if_o his_o soul_n shall_v set_v itself_o a_o offering_n for_o sin_n for_o so_o according_a to_o the_o original_n do_v good_a author_n read_v the_o text_n he_o shall_v see_v his_o seed_n prolong_v his_o day_n and_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v prosper_v in_o his_o hand_n ver_fw-la 10._o doct._n vide_fw-la goodwin_n triumph_v of_o faith_n vide_fw-la roberts_n medulla_n ●ib_n p._n 1577._o et_fw-la lyf_v test._n p._n 83_o 84._o causa_fw-la externae_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la à_fw-la patre_fw-la decretae_fw-la &_o à_fw-la filio_fw-la susceptae_fw-la est_fw-la miseria_fw-la nostra_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la peccata_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la aeternam_fw-la panam_fw-la promerentiae_fw-la &_o exigentia_fw-la in_fw-la quam_fw-la miseratio_fw-la dei_fw-la ferebatur_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la quam_fw-la poenas_fw-la omnes_fw-la nobis_fw-la debitas_fw-la subiit_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la cum_fw-la pristinae_fw-la faelicitati_fw-la restituerentur_fw-la synop._n pulsor_n theol._n p._n 350._o ego_fw-la cujus_fw-la immensa_fw-la ac_fw-la infinita_fw-la est_fw-la potentia_fw-la sic_fw-la tibi_fw-la favebo_fw-la ita_fw-la te_fw-la fulciam_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la adversus_fw-la te_fw-la posuit_fw-la omnes_fw-la adversarii_fw-la tui_fw-la marlor_n in_o loc_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d antequam_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la retro_fw-la seculis_fw-la tempora_fw-la fluere_fw-la inciperent_fw-la decrevit_fw-la deus_fw-la hanc_fw-la nobis_fw-la salutis_fw-la gratiam_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la confer_v calv._n in_o loc_n 1_o use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d innitar_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la month_fw-mi 3_o use_n use_v 4._o use_v 5._o use_v 6._o father_n son_n father_n son_n use_v 7._o ob._n sol._n serm._n 4._o open_v the_o admirable_a love_n of_o god_n in_o give_v his_o own_o son_n for_o we_o hic_fw-la igitur_fw-la unigeniti_fw-la nomen_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la ad_fw-la commendandam_fw-la i●_n nos_fw-la amoris_fw-la divini_fw-la u●he●entiam_fw-la bul_v in_o loc_n doct._n omnia_fw-la dili●it_fw-la deus_fw-la quae_fw-la fecet_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la ea_fw-la magis_fw-la creaturas_fw-la rationales_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr illis_fw-la ea_fw-la amplius_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la membra_fw-la unigeniti_fw-la &_o multo_fw-la magis_fw-la ipsum_fw-la unigenitum_fw-la aug._n t._n 9_o in_o johan_n god_n may_v have_v redeem_v we_o in_o another_o way_n for_o i_o suppose_v it_o be_v opus_fw-la liberi_fw-la consilii_fw-la a_o free_a dispensation_n but_o god_n so_o love_v the_o world_n i._n e_fw-la he_o take_v this_o way_n that_o we_o may_v love_v christ_n as_o well_o as_o believe_v in_o he_o he_o may_v have_v redeem_v we_o so_o much_o in_o another_o way_n but_o he_o can_v not_o oblige_v we_o so_o much_o in_o another_o way_n manton_n in_o jude._n p_o 108._o mr._n wall_n in_o his_o none_o but_o christ._n dolour_n christi_fw-la major_a suis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la doloribus_fw-la aquinas_n christus_fw-la &_o coelum_fw-la non_fw-la patiuntur_fw-la hyperbolem_fw-la corol._n 1._o corol._n 2._o totum_fw-la jurcicum_fw-la imperiam_fw-la quantum_fw-la quantum_fw-la est_fw-la mica_fw-la tantum_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la pater_fw-la familias_fw-la projicit_fw-la cambus_fw-la luther_n corol._n 3_o fie_o fie_o say_v one_o upon_o this_o condemn_a and_o foolish_a world_n that_o will_v give_v so_o little_a for_o christ_n and_o salvation_n oh_o if_o there_o be_v but_o a_o free_a market_n proclaim_v of_o christ_n and_o salvation_n in_o that_o day_n when_o the_o trumpet_n of_o god_n shall_v awaken_v the_o dead_a how_o many_o buyer_n will_v be_v there_o god_n s●nd_v i_o no_o more_o happiness_n but_o that_o which_o the_o blind_a world_n to_o their_o eternal_a woe_n lete_v slip_n through_o their_o finger_n serm._n 5._o treat_v of_o christ_n wonderful_a person_n the_o incarnation_n be_v the_o miracle_n of_o miracle_n a_o testimony_n against_o unbeliever_n isa._n 7.14_o and_o a_o document_n to_o believer_n none_o can_v declare_v his_o generation_n isa._n 53.8_o neither_o can_v any_o declare_v his_o incarnation_n his_o name_n be_v secret_a judg._n 13.18_o wonderful_n isa._n 9.6_o a_o name_n that_o no_o man_n know_v viz._n perfect_o but_o himself_o the_o trinity_n be_v the_o great_a the_o incarnation_n be_v the_o next_o mystery_n nortons_n ortho._n evang._n p._n 38._o 38._o verbum_fw-la substantiale_fw-la non_fw-la prolatium_fw-la fulgentius_n lib._n 1._o 1._o voluit_fw-la evangelista_n uti_fw-la potius_fw-la carnis_fw-la quam_fw-la hominis_fw-la nomin●_n ut_fw-la magis_fw-la appareret_fw-la quo_fw-la se_fw-la divinum_fw-la verbum_fw-la abjecerit_fw-la cum_fw-la caro_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la no_o &_o vilitas_fw-la major_n in_fw-la carne_fw-la apparet_fw-la &_o oppositio_fw-la major_n cum_fw-la spiritu_fw-la macco●●_n loc_n com._n com._n non_fw-la mutando_fw-la quod_fw-la erat_fw-la sed_fw-la assumendo_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la aug._n incarnatio_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la de●_n quo_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la secundum_fw-la oeconomiam_fw-la divini_fw-la consilii_fw-la patris_fw-la &_o svi_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la s●se_fw-la humilians_fw-la veram_fw-la integram_fw-la perfectam_fw-la sanctamque_fw-la cara●m_fw-la ex_fw-la virgine_fw-la mariae_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sa●cti_fw-la operatione_n &_o efficacia_fw-la in_fw-la unitate_fw-la personae_fw-la sibi_fw-la assumpfit_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la caro_fw-la illa_fw-la nullam_fw-la propriam_fw-la subsistentiam_fw-la extra●dei_fw-la filium_fw-la habeat_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la &_o in_o ●o_o verè_fw-la sustentetur_fw-la &_o gestetur_fw-la duabus_fw-la perfectis_fw-la naturis_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vnitis_fw-la unde_fw-la constituitur_fw-la persona_fw-la christi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n synopsis_fw-la purioris_fw-la theologiae_n p._n 295._o 295._o reason_n say_v one_o can_v never_o show_v itself_o more_o reasonable_a than_o in_o cease_v to_o reason_n about_o thing_n which_o be_v above_o reason_n quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la occulta_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la f●rutanda_fw-la quae_fw-la manifesta_fw-la non_fw-la negligenda_fw-la prosper_n nomina_fw-la concreta_fw-la non_fw-la multiplicantur_fw-la nisi_fw-la multiplicentur_fw-la supposita_fw-la u●um_fw-la autem_fw-la cum_fw-la tantum_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la suppositum_fw-la un●s_fw-la t●atum_fw-la sit_fw-la christus_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la trelcat_n page_n 67._o the_o nature_n of_o the_o hypostatical_a union_n open_v open_v neg._n non_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pos._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la quidem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aliud_fw-la ex_fw-la aliis_fw-la sed_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dvae_fw-la ipsae_fw-la naturae_fw-la in_fw-la personam_fw-la unitae_fw-la damasc._n hama●a_fw-la natura_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d per_fw-la se_fw-la s●bsistens_fw-la neque_fw-la prius_fw-la h●mana_fw-la natura_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la assumpta_fw-la fuit_fw-la sed_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d atque_fw-la in_o persona_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d subsistit_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la christi_fw-la persona_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la quidem_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aliud_fw-la atque_fw-la aliud_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alius_fw-la atque_fw-la alius_fw-la ut_fw-la greg._n naz_n apud_fw-la theodoret._n dialog_n 2._o aug._n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la 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