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Christos kai kerdos. = Christ the life, and death the gain, of every true…
Christos kai kerdos. = Christ the life, and death the gain, of every true believer: or, The life of a saint resolved into Christ, and His death into gain. Held forth clearly in a sermon preached at the late sad and solemn funeral of the right worshipful Rowland Wilson, Esq; a Member of the Parliament of England, and of the honourable Council of State; and one of the aldermen and sheriffs of the city of London. By Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. and minister of the Gospel at Covent-Garden. Together with an epistle dedicatory: wherein is an exact account given upon some years more then ordinary experience of the superlative worth of this eminent servant of Christ, and of the Common-wealth. By George Cokayn, an unworthy teacher of the Gospel at Pancras Supper lane, London.Christos kai kerdos. = Christ the life, and death the gain, of every true beleever: or, The life of a saint resolved into Christ, and His death into gain. Held forth clearly in a sermon preached at the late sad and solemn funeral of the right worshipful Rowland Wilson, Esq; a Member of the Parliament of England, and of the honorable Councel of State; and one of the aldermen and sheriffs of the city of London. By Obadiah Sedgvvick, B.D. and minister of the Gospel at Covent-Garden. Together with an epistle dedicatory: wherein is an exact account given upon some years more then ordinary experience of the superlative worth of this eminent servant of Christ, and of the Common-wealth. By George Cokayn, an unworthy teacher of the Gospel at Pancras Soper lane, London.
London: printed by J. Macock for Thomas Brewster and Gregory Moul, 1650
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PHILIPPIANS 1. 21. To Me to Live, is Christ; and to Dye, is Gain.
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.
2. He was a Sincere Christian: Active and Sincere. His Integrity was Answerable unto his Humility. In all His Places wasting his Life for the Public Good: Doing much Good, but Scraping up ⟨p. 31⟩Nothing to his Private Good. The Public did not serve Him, but He did serve the Public: He was the Servant, Not the Executor, of the Land. He might truly say, as once Samuel did, Behold here I am, witness Against me, Whose Ox have I Taken? or whose Ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received Any Bribe, to blind mine eyes therewith? 1 Sam. 12. 3.
2. He was a Sincere Christian: Active and Sincere. His Integrity was Answerable unto his Humility. In all His Places wasting his Life for the Publique Good: Doing much Good, but Scraping up ⟨p. 31⟩Nothing to his Private Good. The Publique did not serve Him, but He did serve the Publique: He was the Servant, Not the Executor, of the Land. He might truly say, as once Samuel did, Behold here I am, witness Against me, Whose Ox have I Taken? or whose Ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received Any Bribe, to blinde mine eyes therewith? 1 Sam. 12. 3.
3. He was a Believing Christian: prizing and exalting Christ Above All, and Rejoicing in Christ as in His only Best of All; Nay, often exposing his very life, Jeoparding it in th• •igh places of the Field, Not counting it too dear for Christ and His Cause.
3. He was a Beleeving Christian: prizing and exalting Christ Above All, and Rejoycing in Christ as in His onely Best of All; Nay, often exposing his very life, Jeoparding it in th igh places of the Field, Not counting it too dear for Christ and His Cause.