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Christ the fountain of lifeChrist the fountaine of life
Christ the fountain of life: or, Sundry choice sermons on part of the fifth chapter of the first Epistle of St. John. Preached by that learned judicious divine, and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Cotton B.D. now preacher at Boston in New-England. Published according to Order.Christ the fountaine of life: or, Sundry choyce sermons on part of the fift chapter of the first Epistle of St. John. Preached by that learned judicious divine, and faithfull minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Cotton B.D. now preacher at Boston in New-England. Published according to Order.
London: printed by Robert Ibbitson, 1651
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 you know the mighty power and use of the conference of Phillip with the Eunuch upon that conference, the Eunuch believed and was baptized, Acts 8.37. So that take the word preached, and there is a mighty power of God in it to lead a Christian man from faith to faith: And take the Gospel of God and confer about it, and it is a mighty power to increase faith, that believers may believe.
And you know the mighty power and use of the conference of Phillip with the Eunuch upon that conference, the Eunuch beleeved and was baptized, Acts 8.37. So that take the word preached, and there is a mighty power of God in it to lead a Christian man from faith to faith: And take the Gospell of God and conferre about it, and it is a mighty power to increase faith, that beleevers may beleeve.
1Thirdly, And so it is for the word read, another kind of dispensing this word, that is a special end of it, that by reading you might believe on the name of the Son of God, that is the next use of the Scripture, they which do read, shall by reading find their hearts confirmed, and established in the faith, John 20.30, 31. There is a mighty power of God that accompanies the word of God read, to strengthen men in the faith, that such as believe already, may believe more, and be established in their persuasion of the truth of God.
1Thirdly, And so it is for the word read, another kind of dispensing this word, that is a special end of it, that by reading you might beleeve on the name of the Sonne of God, that is the next use of the Scripture, they which do read, shal by reading finde their hearts confirmed, and established in the faith,