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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, This Water of Life is called, a River, to intimate to you, by what store of the same, 'tis supplied. All Rivers have the Sea for their Original: All the Rivers run 1into the Sea, yet the Sea is not full: unto the place from whence the Rivers came, thither they return again. And so this River of Water of Life is said to proceed out of the Throne, as out of a place where it breaketh out, but the Original is the Sea, the Ocean of Grace, which is in an infinite Deity. Thou wilt cast all our Sins 2into the depths of the Sea, into the depth of the Sea of thy Grace. Rivers, when they are broken up, do with their gliding Streams carry away a great deal of the Filth, which from all Parts of the Countries through which they run, is conveyed into them; and they carry it away into the Sea, where 'tis everlastingly swallowed up. And oh the Filth that is cast into this River of God▪ ⟨p. 22⟩and oh how many dirty Sinners are washed white therein for by their continual gliding away, they carry that filth into the midst of the Sea.
Thirdly, This Water of Life is called, a River, to intimate to you, by what store of the same, 'tis supplyed. All Rivers have the Sea for their Original: All the Rivers run 1into the Sea, yet the Sea is not full: unto the place from whence the Rivers came, thither they return again. And so this River of Water of Life is said to proceed out of the Throne, as out of a place where it breaketh out, but the Original is the Sea, the Oceon of Grace, which is in an infinite Deity. Thou wilt cast all our Sins 2into the depths of the Sea, into the depth of the Sea of thy Grace. Rivers, when they are broken up, do with their glideing Streams carry away a great deal of the Filth, which from all Parts of the Countries thorow which they run, is conveyed into them; and they carry it away into the Sea, where 'tis everlastingly swallowed up. And oh the Filth that is cast into this River of God▪