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The water of life, or, A discourse showing the richness and glory of the…The water of life, or, A discourse shewing the richness and glory of the…
The water of life, or, A discourse showing the richness and glory of the grace and spirit of the gospel, as set forth in Scripture by this term, The water of life by John Bunyan.The water of life, or, A discourse shewing the richness and glory of the grace and spirit of the gospel, as set forth in Scripture by this term, The water of life by John Bunyan.
London: printed for Nathanael Ponder, 1688
Title page typeset from the transcription.
OF THE River of Water OF LIFE.OF THE River of VVater OF LIFE.
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.
Behold then how mindful, how careful, how faithful our Father and the Lamb of God is! 'Tis not Exaltation, nor Glory, nor a Crown, nor a Kingdom, nor a Throne, that shall make him neglect his poor ones on Earth. Yea, therefore, even because he is exalted and on the Throne, therefore it is that such a River with its golden Streams, proceeds from the Throne to come unto us. And it shall proceed to be far higher than ever was the Swellings of Jordan. True, it runs not so high now, as in former days, because of the Curse of God upon Antichrist, by whose means the Land of God's People is 1full of Briars and Thorns; but when ⟨p. 59⟩the Tide is at the lowest, then it is nearest the rising; and this River will rise, and in little time, be no more so low as but ankle deep. 'Twill up to the knees, to the 2loins, and be a broad River to swim in. For there the glorious 3Lord shall be unto us a place of broad Rivers and Streams, and there shall 4be no more Curse in the Church, but the Throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his Servants shall serve him, that is, without molestation.
Behold then how mindful, how careful, how faithful our Father and the Lamb of God is! 'Tis not Exaltation, nor Glory, nor a Crown, nor a Kingdom, nor a Throne, that shall make him neglect his poor ones on Earth. Yea, therefore, even because he is exalted and on the Throne, therefore it is that such a River with its golden Streams, proceeds from the Throne to come unto us. And it shall proceed to be far higher than ever was the Swellings of Jordan. True, it runs not so high now, as in former days, because of the Curse of God upon Antichrist, by whose means the Land of God's People is 1full of Briars and Thorns; but when ⟨p. 59⟩the Tide is at the lowest, then it is nearest the rising; and this River will rise, and in little time, be no more so low as but ancle deep. 'Twill up to the knees, to the