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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.
PHILIPPIANS 1. 21. To Me to Live, is Christ; and to Dye, is Gain.
I Shall not trouble you with the Coherence, nor with the various Readings of these words, which do consist of Two parts: 1. The Scope or End of a Christians Life, [To me to live, is Christ.] 2. The Hope and Fruit of a Christians Death, [And to dye, is Gain.] A Real Christian is (of all men) in the Best Condition: For if he lives, he Gets; and if he dyes, he Gains. None Improve Life well, and None Enrich themselves by Death, but Believing Christians. From these Two parts there are two Propositions, unto which I intend to speak at this time: 1. The First is, That the Life of a Real Christian is Resolved into Christ. 2. The Second is, That ⟨p. 2⟩the Death of a Real Christian is Resolved into Gain. I begin with the First of these.
I Shall not trouble you with the Coherence, nor with the various Readings of these words, which do consist of Two parts: 1. The Scope or End of a Christians Life, [To me to live, is Christ.] 2. The Hope and Fruit of a Christians Death, [And to dye, is Gain.] A Real Christian is (of all men) in the Best Condition: For if he lives, he Gets; and if he dyes, he Gains. None Improve Life well, and None Inrich themselves by Death, but Beleeving Christians. From these Two parts there are two Propositions, unto which I intend to speak at this time: 1. The First is, That the Life of a Real Christian is Resolved into Christ. 2. The Second is, That ⟨p. 2⟩the Death of a Real Christian is Resolved into Gain. I begin with the First of these.
That the Life of a Real Christian is Resolved into