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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.
Sixthly, The Grace of God is compared to Water, for that it is it which causeth fruitfulness, Water causes fruitfulness, want of Water is the cause of barrenness, and this is the reason why the whole World is so empty of Fruit to God-ward, even because so few of the Children of Men have the Spirit of Grace in their hearts. But,
Secondly, As there is a special signification in this term [Water,] so ⟨p. 10⟩there is also in this term [Life:] Water of Life. He showed me the Water of Life. In that therefore there is added to this word [Water] that, of [Life] it is, in the general, to show what excellent virtue and operation there is in this Water. It is aqua vitae, Water of Life, or Water that hath a Health and Life in it. And this term shows us,
Secondly, As there is a special signification in this term [Water,] so ⟨p. 10⟩there is also in this term [Life:] Water of Life. He shewed me the Water of Life. In that therefore there is added to this word [Water] that, of [Life] it is, in the general, to shew what excellent vertue and operation there is in this Water. It is aqua vitae, Water of Life, or Water that hath a Health and Life in it. And this term shews us,
First, That the World of graceless Men are dead: dead in Trespasses 1and Sins. Dead, that is, without Life and Motion God-ward, in the way of the Testament of his Son.