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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, It is also called the Water of Life, to show, That by the Grace of God Men may live, how dead soever their Sins have made them. When God will say to a Sinner, live; tho he be dead in his Sins, he shall live. When thou wast in thy Blood, I said unto thee, live; yea, when thou 1wast in thy Blood, I said, live. And again, The Dead shall hear the Voice of the Son of God, and they that hear, 2shall live.
Thirdly, It is also called the Water of Life, to shew, That by the Grace of God Men may live, how dead soever their Sins have made them. When God will say to a Sinner, live; tho he be dead in his Sins, he shall live. When thou wast in thy Blood, I said unto thee, live; yea, when thou 1wast in thy Blood, I said, live. And again, The Dead shall hear the Voice of the Son of God, and they that hear, 2shall live.
That is, when he speaks Words of Grace, and mixeth those Words with the Spirit and Grace of the Gospel, then Men shall live: for such Words, so attended, and such Words only, are Spirit and Life. The Words that 1I speak unto you, saith Christ, they ⟨p. 12⟩