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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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I know nothing he got by all his Service, except *Thrasybulus his reward, a crown of two branches, Bays, whereby he never contracted the peoples envy, but to his last had an interest in all mens good word and affection. And (which was the crown of all) he ever stood firm to his Principles, and could never be justly numbered amongst them who were given to change, always abhorring to wear that Glove which would fit both hands: If at any time he went with the stream, it was because the stream went with him; and still as the tide turned, he owned his Principles, and boldly adventured to swim against it. No man can charge him to be like the bulrush, which always waves with the wind; but all that knew him, can, without falsehood or flattery, affirm, that nothing could move him but Reason and Honesty. The truth is, he was in this capacity a man so excelling, that every one was ambitious (as they were about Homer) to prove him to be his 2Countryman. But why do I stay so long in this, which, to the judgment and experience of his fellow Worthies, and almost to the whole Nation and City, was so certain and infallible; I rather descend to speak to his spiritual part, as he knew, owned, loved and obeyed Jesus Christ, and truly in this I know none that profess the Name of God in the way of the Gospel, but may be glad to have such a Copy to write after. I have observed several things in him as a Saint, which I never saw met together in so much perfection in any man of his time.
I know nothing he got by all his Service, except *Thrasybulus his reward, a crown of two branches, Bays, whereby he never contracted the peoples envy, but to his last had an interest in all mens good word and affection. And (which was the crown of all) he ever stood firm to his Principles, and could never be justly numbred amongst them who were given to change, always abhorring to wear that Glove which would fit both hands: If at any time he went with the stream, it was because the stream went with him; and stil as the tyde turned, he owned his Principles, and boldly adventured to swim against it. No man can charge him to be like the bullrush, which always waves with the wind; but all that knew him, can, without falshood or flattery, affirm, that nothing could move him but Reason and Honesty. The truth is, he was in this capacity a man so excelling, that every one was ambitious (as they were about Homer) to prove him to be his