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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.
I will pour water upon him that is 1thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit upon thy Seed, and my Blessing upon thy Off-spring. And Zecharias saith, I will pour upon the House of David, and upon the Inhabitants 2of Jerusalem, the Spirit of Grace and Supplication, and they shall mourn, &c. Behold, in all these places the Spirit of Grace is intended, and for our better understanding, it is ⟨p. 6⟩compared to Water, to a Well of Water, to Springs of Water, and to Floods of Water.
2. It is also called the Spirit of Life.
1. More closely. 2. More openly.