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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.
Secondly, I advise therefore in the next place that thou get thee a dwelling place by these Waters, The 1beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him, and the Lord shall cover him all the day long. If thou ask, where that dwelling is? I answer, in the City of God, in, and among the Tabernacles of the most High. This River comes from the Throne, to water the City of God: and to that end it is said to run in the midst of the street of it. If ye will enquire, 2enquire, return, come. The Seed also of his Servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall 3dwell therein. Get thee a dwelling in Jerusalem, in the midst of Jerusalem, and then thou will be seated by this River.
In old times the Ancients had their Habitations by the Rivers; yea, we read of Aro•r that stood upon ⟨p. 109⟩1the brink of the River Arnon. Balaam also had his dwelling in his City Pethor, by the River of the Land of the Children of his People. Oh, by a River side, is the pleasantest dwelling in the World, and of all Rivers, the River of the Water of Life is the best. They that dwell there, shall not hunger nor thirst, neither