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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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his answer presently was, I have now no trouble to wrestle with, but the unwillingness of those that are dear to me to submit to the Will of the Lord concerning me, expressing in himself much joy and satisfaction in his expectation of the sudden accomplishment of Gods good Pleasure, wherein the Lord not many hours after did fully gratify his longing desires, and even in the strength and vigour of his understanding and parts he sweetly fell asleep in the Lord. And now, Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that 1I might weep day and night for so irreparable a loss. I know nothing here can now take my heart, when the righteous are thus sadly taken away. But I must correct my self, and retire into the Wilderness, and weep bitterly, where none shall witness it, or be prejudiced by it. Therefore now seeing God hath determined his own Will, my great business is in the strength of Christ to speak to your consolation (sweet Lady) who have the deepest share in this sad loss. The truth is, the Lord hath taken from you the most suitable and choicest 2mercy you had below himself, and that in the midst of your enjoyment of it; when the flower in your bosom was most fragrant, it pleased the Lord that the• it should be withered. God took him away before he had lived half long enough to any relation; but the Lord hath done it, and it is good to be silent in his Will: Your business now is to see and receive the making up of this loss in Christ, who is not only a Father to the fatherless, but also a Husband to the Widow: *Thy Maker is thy Husband. There are four things wherein the Lord doth manifest to you his tender sense of your condition.
his answer presently was, I have now no trouble to wrastle with, but the unwillingness of those that are dear to me to submit to the Will of the Lord concerning me, expressing in himself much joy and satisfaction in his expectation of the sudden accomplishment of Gods good Pleasure, wherein the Lord not many hours after did fully gratifie his longing desires, and even in the strength and vigour of his understanding and parts he sweetly fell asleep in the Lord. And now, Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that