The Fountain of Life Opened Up

This treatise, published in 1672, shortly after Flavel's return to Dartmouth, contains a series of forty-two Sermons on Jesus Christ, intending to present to the reader a thorough and "methodological understanding of the doctrines of Christ". According to Flavel, it is the knowledge of Christ that is of the utmost importance – "a regular and methodical, as well as a saving knowledge of him, will bring heaven into us". The sermons selected expound both Old and New Testament passages, each presenting at least one central doctrine deriving from scripture. In many ways this work does serve as an engaging introduction to Christology.