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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.
Thirdly, My third word is, bless God for providing for man such Waters. These only can make us live; all others come out of the dead Sea, and do kill: there is no living Water but this. I say, show thy acceptation of it with thanksgiving; if we are not to receive our Bread and Cheese, but with thankfulness, how 1should we bless God for this unspeakable gift. This is Soul life, life against sin, life from sin; life against the Curse, Life from the Curse; Life beyond Hell, beyond Desert, beyond thought, beyond desires. Life that's pleasing; Life, that's profitable; Life everlasting. Oh my Brethren! bless God! who doth good, and gives us such Rain, filling our hearts with food and gladness. When Moses would take the heart of Israel, and ⟨p. 112⟩took in hand to raise up their Spirits to thankfulness, he used to tell them that the Land that they were to go to, was a Land that God cared for, and that was watered with the Dew of Heaven. Yea, a land of Brooks 2of Water, of Fountains and Deeps that spring out of the Valleys and Hills: a Land that flowed with Milk and Honey, which is the glory of all Lands. But yet in his Description he makes no mention of a River of Water of Life: a River the Streams whereof make glad the City of God.
Thirdly, My third word is, bless God for providing for man such Waters. These only can make us live; all others come out of the dead Sea, and do kill: there is no living Water but this. I say, shew thy acceptation of it with thanksgiving; if we are not to receive our Bread and Cheese, but with thankfulness, how 1should we bless God for this unspeakable gift. This is Soul life, life against sin, life from sin; life against the Curse, Life from the Curse; Life beyond Hell, beyond Desert, beyond thought, beyond desires. Life that's pleasing; Life, that's profitable; Life everlasting. Oh my Brethren! bless God! who doth good, and gives us such Rain, filling our hearts with food and gladness. When Moses would take the heart of Israel, and ⟨p. 112⟩took in hand to raise up their Spirits to thankfulness, he used to tell them that the Land that they were to go to, was a Land that God cared for, and that was watered with the Dew of Heaven. Yea, a land of Brooks