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THE
FOUNTAIN OF LIFE;
OR,
A DISPLAY OF CHRIST
IN
HIS ESSENTIAL AND MEDIATORIAL GLORY.
BY REV. JOHN FLAVEL.
A. D. 1671.
PUBLISHED BY THE
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY,
150 NASSAU-STREET, NEW-YORK.
D. Fanshaw, Printer.
This Edition has been carefully revised, and slightly abridged,
with some changes of obsolete words.
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CONTENTS.
Sketch of the Author's Life,
CHAPTER I-THE EXCELLENCY OF THE SUBJECT.
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save
Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 1 Cor. 2: 2.
CHAPTER II.-CHRIST IN HIS ESSENTIAL AND PRIMEVAL GLORY.
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was
daily his delight, rejoicing always before him. Prov. 8:30.
CHAPTER III.-THE COVENANT OF REDEMPTION BETWEEN THE
FATHER AND THE REDEEMER.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he
shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath
poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with
the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made
intercession for the transgressors." Isa. 53: 12.
CHAPTER IV. -THE ADMIRABLE LOVE OF GOD IN GIVING HIS OWN
SON FOR US.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son. John, 3:16.
CHAPTER V.-OF CHRIST'S WONDERFUL PERSON.
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And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. John,
1:14.
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CHAPTER VI.-OF THE AUTHORITY BY WHICH CHRIST AS MEDIATOR
ACTED.
For him hath God the Father sealed. John, 6:27.
CHAPTER VII.-OF THE SOLEMN CONSECRATION OF THE MEDIATOR.
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And for their sakes I sanctify myself." John, 17:19.
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CHAPTER VIII.-OF THE NATURE OF CHRIST'S MEDIATION.
And one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ
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CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST BRANCH OF CHRIST'S PROPHETICAL OFFICE, CONSISTING IN THE REVELATION OF THE WILL OF GOD.
A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your
brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things,
whatsoever he shall say unto you. Acts, 3:22.
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CHAPTER X.-THE SECOND BRANCH OF CHRIST'S PROPHETICAL OFFICE-
ILLUMINATION OF THE UNDERSTANDING.
Then opened he their understandings, that they might under-
stand the Scriptures. Luke, 24: 45.
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