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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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4. He was a Believing Christian: The life which he lived 1in the flesh was by the faith of the Son of God. He was clearly taught of God that rare art of going out of himself, and acting in another. Hence it came to pass, that what he did 2was not only good in the matter, but also in the manner of performance, with which * God is well pleased. This is the testimony which the Apostle gives of Enoch, that by faith he ple• sed God. And the grand thing which God will take notice of at the last day, shall be the acting of Saints in a holy and spiritual manner: Well done good and faithful Servant, enter 3thou into the Joy of thy Lord. His faith led him forth to do all that he did still out of pure and entire affection to God, and the things themselves. He never served God for profit, but for pleasure; not like those which desperately said, What profit shall we have if we pray unto him? nor like those who much speak the same language, What profit is it that we have kept his Ordinance? Nay, rather he accounted the work it self, wherein he enjoyed sweet and intimate Communion with Christ, as sufficient wages. He delighted much to be near Christ, to see his face, and to hear his voice: It was his frequent expression, How dull is that Sermon or Ordinance to me, wherein I cannot see or meet with Jesus Christ! Christ still was the Ce••er of all his thoughts, which made him so little to be taken with this world, that he did not so much as carelessly mind the inheritance God gave him here, but still delighted to accommodate his thoughts with better objects: It was but a trouble to him to think of living to enjoy that which he was heir to, he still rather desired to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, which he accounted best of all for him: Though his time was but short in this world, yet he ⟨image 5⟩thought it extreme long till he was in the arms of his Saviour. It made him to bear his last sickness with much patience and cheerfulness, because he thought after that sickness he should be well to eternity: Upon that account, though he was sometimes full of pain, yet he was always full of peace, insomuch that the very day before he dyed, being asked by a friend, whom he loved, How it was now with his Spirit?