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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.
And behold, says John, a door was open in Heaven; and the first voice that I heard, was as it were of a Trumpet talking with me, which said, come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter. And immediate y I was in the Spirit, and behold A THRONE WAS SET IN HEAVEN, and one sate upon the Throne.
And behold, says John, a door was open in Heaven; and the first voice that I heard, was as it were of a Trumpet talking with me, which said, come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And immediate y I was in the Spirit, and behold A THRONE WAS SET IN HEAVEN, and one sate upon the Throne.
This Throne, was Jesus Christ exalted, SET, that is, lifted up, not as upon the Cross, to the contempt and scorn of his Person: but, as I said, to the wonderment of the four Beasts, and the Elders, and all the Angels in Heaven. A Throne was set in Heaven, and one sate on the ⟨p. 68⟩Throne; that is God. And this intimates, his desirable rest for ever: for to sit, is to rest, and Christ is his rest for ever. Was it not therefore well worth the seeing? yea, if John had taken the pains to go up thither upon his Hands and Knees; I say, to see the Lord Jesus as a Throne, set in Heaven, and the glory of God resting and abiding upon him, and giving out by him all things, not only his Word but all his Dispensations and Providences to the end of the World; and this blessed thing among the rest, Even a pure River of Water of Life, clear as Crystal.
But I leave this, and proceed to the fourth and last thing; namely, to the Nature and Quality of this Water. 'Tis said to be pure and clear, pure and clear as Crystal; And he showed me a pure River of Water of Life, clear as Crystal. I know that there is a two-fold quality in a thing, one with respect to its nature, the other with respect to its Operation.