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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.
If thou beest a Christian, thou hast more than an ordinary call, and occasion to abide by these Waters, thy things will not grow but by these Waters. ⟨p. 110⟩Weeds, and the excellencies of most men, we may find in the barren Wilderness, they grow under every hedge: but thine are Garden, and so choice things, and will 1not thrive without much Water, no, not without the Water of Gods River: dwell therefore here that thy 2Soul may be as a watered Garden. And when thou seeth how those that are loth to die, make provision at Tunbridge, Epsom, the Bath and other places, and what houses they get that they may have their dwellings by those Waters, then do thou consider of thy spiritual Disease, and how nothing can cure thee but this blessed Water of Life: be also much of desires to have a dwelling place in Jerusalem that thou mayest always be nigh to these Waters. Be often also in watering thy Plants with these Waters. I mean, the blessed Graces of God in thy Soul, then shalt thou grow and retain thy ⟨p. 111⟩greenness, and prove thy self to be a Disciple indeed. And herein is 3God, and thy Father glorified that thou bear much fruit.
If thou be'st a Christian, thou hast more than an ordinary call, and occasion to abide by these Waters, thy things will not grow but by these Waters. ⟨p. 110⟩Weeds, and the excellencies of most men, we may find in the barren Wilderness, they grow under every hedge: but thine are Garden, and so choice things, and will 1not thrive without much Water, no, not without the Water of Gods River: dwell therefore here that thy 2Soul may be as a watered Garden. And when thou seeth how those that are loth to die, make provision at Tunbridge, Epsom, the Bath and other places, and what houses they get that they may have their dwellings by those Waters, then do thou consider of thy spiritual Disease, and how nothing can cure thee but this blessed Water of Life: be also much of desires to have a dwelling place in Jerusalem that thou mayest always be nigh to these Waters. Be often also in watering thy Plants with these Waters. I mean, the blessed Graces of God in thy Soul, then shalt thou grow and retain thy