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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.
Show us the Father (said Philip) and it sufficeth. Or as Jacob about Joseph, It is Enough, Joseph is yet Alive. Or as David, Return unto Thy Rest, O my Soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. So, Christ gets ground in my Heart, and the Kingdom of Christ is advanced in the World: His Kingdom and Mountain is exalted above All the Kingdoms and Mountains in the World; This my Joy therefore is Fulfilled.
Shew us the Father (said Philip) and it sufficeth. Or as Jacob about Joseph, It is Enough, Joseph is yet Alive. Or as David, Return unto Thy Rest, O my Soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. So, Christ gets ground in my Heart, and the Kingdom of Christ is advanced in the World: His Kingdom and Mountain is exalted above All the Kingdoms and Mountains in the World; This my Joy therefore is Fulfilled.
6. Lastly, That which is a Mans Great End, that same doth Compensare; If he can but compass that, it is His Recompense, it makes a full Amends for All his cares, and pains, and labours. So doth the Glory of Christ abundantly Recompense All the Services of a Christian. As when a Poor Soul hath been panting and looking after Christ, if at length he finds him, (I found him whom my Soul loveth, Cant. 3.) this makes a Full Amends for All his Tears, and Prayings, and Waitings: So doth this of the Magnifying of Christ; If Christ be set up in his Throne, the Christian then Repents not, O ⟨p. 10⟩No; This is Reward enough for All that ever he hath done or suffered for Christ. And thus you have the First Part demonstrated unto you, That Real Christians do propound and set up Jesus Christ as the Scope and End of their Life: Their Life is bound up in His Life. Nothing lives, unless Christ lives. And this is the very sum of their All, to be Servants with their All to Christ.
6. Lastly, That which is a Mans Great End, that same doth Compensare; If he can but compass that, it is His Recompence, it makes a full Amends for All his cares, and pains, and labors. So doth the Glory of Christ abundantly Recompence All the Services of a Christian. As when a Poor Soul hath been panting and looking after Christ, if at length he findes him, (I found him whom my Soul loveth,