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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.
We will begin with the first of these▪ to wit, with the matter, the Subject matter of the Text, which is, The water of Life. These words, [Water of Life] are Metaphorical, or words by which a thing most excellent is presented to, and amplified before our faces: And that thing is the Spirit of Grace, the Spirit, and Grace of God. And the words, Water of Life, are words most apt to present it to us by; for what's more free than Water, and what more beneficial, and more desirable than Life? Therefore, I say, it is compared to, or called, the Water of Life. He showed me the Water of Life.
We will begin with the first of these▪ to wit, with the matter, the Subject matter of the Text, which is, The water of Life. These words, [Water of Life] are Metaphorical, or words by which a thing most excellent is presented to, and amplified before our faces: And that thing is the Spirit of Grace, the Spirit, and Grace of God. And the words, Water of Life, are words most apt to present it to us by; for what's more free than Water, and what more beneficial, and more desirable than Life? Therefore, I say, it is compared to, or called, the Water of Life. He shewed me the Water of Life.
That it is the Spirit of Grace, or the Spirit and Grace of God, that is here intended. Consider,
First, The Spirit of Grace is in other places compared to Water: And,