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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.
Now thus it is between Christ and Christians: Christ is their End; and it appears by this that He is so, Because all their actions of Life, in the course of it, are fashioned and shaped with a respect to Christ. Christ is the Measure of their ways and doings: We can do Nothing Against the Truth, but For the Truth, saith Paul, 2 Cor. 13. 8. So a Christian can do Nothing (knowingly) against Christ, but for Christ. He considers of his actions and ways; Will these make for Christ, or Not? As the Eagle doth with her young ones, those of them which can look upon the Sun, she owns, and those that cannot, she throws off: So doth the Christian on ways and services; such as directly look at the Glory of Christ, he embraces and prosecutes; but such as are contrary unto Christ, he rejects and forbears, as unworthy of his practise, because repugnant to Christs Honour.
Now thus it is between Christ and Christians: Christ is their End; and it appears by this that He is so, Because all their actions of Life, in the course of it, are fashioned and shaped with a respect to Christ. Christ is the Measure of their ways and doings: We can do Nothing Against the Truth, but For the Truth, saith Paul, 2 Cor. 13. 8. So a Christian can do Nothing (knowingly) against Christ, but for Christ. He considers of his actions and ways; Will these make for Christ, or Not? As the Eagle doth with her young ones, those of them which can look upon the Sun, she owns, and those that cannot, she throws off: So doth the Christian on ways and services; such as directly look at the Glory of Christ, he embraces and prosecutes; but such as are contrary unto Christ, he rejects and forbears, as unworthy of his practise, because repugnant to Christs Honor.
3. That which is a Mans Chief End, it doth Facilitare; the Thoughts and Apprehensions of it do ⟨p. 7⟩make the Services and Employments of the Man very easy and light unto him, which otherwise would be very heavy and tedious. You could not drudge so as some men do, nor break your sleep, nor go to bed so late, and rise so early, nor endure such Cares, not converse with so many Troubles yet they make Nothing of these, because Their End is to be Rich and Great; Therefore these things are not burdensome, but easy to them.