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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.
but if on the contrary, we never come before God in acknowledgement that death was our portion, and desired the blood of Christ to be applied to us, not in an overture of speech, but when it comes to the point, what will you do? Will you accept him as your friend, and as your Husband, and will you expect all good things from him, and you will not dare to venture upon any course or way further then the light and sincerity of the Word gives liberty? And if you never came to this, nor was it ever your care whether your Household served God or no, though they sin against God, and swear and lye, yet all this is nothing to you, but it is all one with you, then there wants a covenant between God and you, and then if you have him not by covenant, you have him not at all; he that hath him any way, hath him every way, though it be not so clearly seen every way; if you have him, then you have friends and enemies in common; if it be not so with you, that you observe not the counsels of God, but you will be at a loose end, and do what you think good in your own eyes, then there is no covenant between God and you, and then you have not Christ, and then no life, much less in abundance.
but if on the contrary, we never come before God in acknowledgement that death was our portion, and desired the bloud of Christ to be applyed to us, not in an overture of speech, but when it comes to the point, what wil you doe? Wil you accept him as your friend, and as your Husband, and wil you expect all good things from him, and you wil not dare to venture upon any course or way further then the light and sinceritie of the Word gives liberty? And if you never came to this, nor was it ever your care whether your Houshold served God or no, though they sin against God, and sweare and lye, yet all this is nothing to you, but it is all one with you, then there wants a covenant betweene God and you, and then if you have him not by covenant, you have him not at all; he that hath him any way, hath him every way, though it be not so clearly seene every way; if you have him, then you have friends and enemies in common; if it be not so with you, that you observe not the counsels of God, but you wil be at a loose end, and doe what you thinke good in your owne eyes, then there is no covenant between God and you, and then you have not Christ, and then no life, much lesse in abundance.