A91738:13
Deaths advantage
Deaths advantage; opened in a sermon preached at Northampton, at the funeral of Peter Whalley Esq; then mayor of the said town. And now upon the earnest desires of his friends published by Edward Reynolds. D.D.
London: printed by Tho Newcomb for George Thomason, 1657
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
We see the coherence, connection and scope of these words. Some versions, as ours, make them two distinct Propositions, To me to live is Christ, To me to dye is gain. Some others make them but one proposition, thus, In life and in death, or whether I live or dye, Christ is to me gain.
We see the coherence, connexion and scope of these words. Some versions, as ours, make them two distinct Propositions, To me to live is Christ, To me to dye is gain. Some others make them but one proposition, thus, In life and in death, or whether I live or dye, Christ is to me gain.
In the words there are two parts considerable. First, The Propositions themselves. Secondly, The specification of the Subject to whom they belong.
The Propositions are, according to both readings, these three. First, To live is Chrst. Secondly, To Dye is Gain. Thirdly, Christ is both in life and in death gain. The specification of the Subject of these Propositions, to whom they belong, To Me, a Believer, who am willing and desirous that Christ may be magnified in my body, whether it by my life or by my death, as being much more tender and solicitous of his honour, then of mine own particular safety.
The Propositions are, according to both readings, these three. First, To live is Chrst. Secondly, To Dye is Gain. Thirdly, Christ is both in life and in death gain. The specification of the Subject of these Propositions, to whom they belong, To Me, a Beleever, who am willing and desirous that Christ may be magnified in my body, whether it by my life or by my death, as being much more tender and sollicitous of his honour, then of mine own particular safety.