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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.
Some had Raised on him, at the beginning of his weakness, That he was Fallen mad, and they Assign the Particular Occasion of it; Then both which Nothing could be more Falsely said. The very Truth is, That he was of a composed Mind to the very last Gasp, and so composedly Himself, that within a Few hours before his Death, he perfected his own Will with his own Hand.
Some had Raised on him, at the beginning of his weakness, That he was Fallen mad, and they Assign the Particular Occasion of it; Then both which Nothing could be more Falsly said. The very Truth is, That he was of a composed Minde to the very last Gasp, and so composedly Himself, that within a Few hours before his Death, he perfected his own Will with his own Hand.
But This is an old malicious Trick of the Devil, to oppose Good Men, living, and to reproach Good Men dying, and dead. Jesus Christ could Not Escape it in his Life, Nor yet when laid in his Grave. No more could the Apostles of Christ, Nor the Primitive Christians, Nor those Eminent Servants of Christ against Popery, Hus, Wicliff, Luther, Calvin, Oecolampadius, Beza, Junius, &c. Nor yet many Glorious Instruments in our own days.
But This is an old malicious Trick of the Devil, to oppose Good Men, living, and to reproach Good Men dying, and dead. Jesus Christ could Not Escape it in his Life, Nor yet when layd in his Grave. No more could the Apostles of Christ, Nor the Primitive Christians, Nor those Eminent Servants of Christ against Popery, Hus, Wicliff, Luther, Calvin, Oecolampadius, Beza, Junius, &c. Nor yet many Glorious Instruments in our own days.
The Servant is Not Above his Master: If Christ himself were Accounted Mad, it must Not seem harsh, Nor strange, that Any of his Servants be Reputed ⟨p. 33⟩