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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.
And whosoever will, let him take 1the Water of Life freely: what can more fully declare the commonness of a thing. Yea, this River is called at the very Head of it, an OPEN Fountain, a Fountain opened to the House of Judah, and Inhabitants of 2Jerusalem. And by Judah and Jerusalem is comprehended every Soul that would drink of the Water of Life, or living Water. And hence ⟨p. 19⟩it is, that this River is said to go 3down to the Desert and to the Sea, where all kind of Fishes are. By Sea is meant the World, and by Fish the People, and thither shall run this River of Water of Life. But,
Secondly, Tho a River, in the Streams of it, is common, yet a River, as it passes through a Country or Province, will choose its own way. 'Twill run in the Valleys, in the Plains, not over Steeples and Hills. 'Twill also fetch its compasses and circuits; 'twill go about and reach hither and thither; and according to its courses, 'twill miss, by its turnings, what Places, and People it lists; yet it is common, for that it lies open; yet it is common for all the Beasts of the Field. There is therefore a difference to be put betwixt the commonness of a thing and its presence. A thing may be common, yet far enough off of thee. Epsom, Tunbridge Waters, and the Bath,