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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.
I now proceed unto the Second Part, Namely, 1Why Real Christians do live, and should live unto Christ? There are Five Reasons for that, and I beseech you to weigh them well.
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1. You are Christs, Not only by Gift, (Thou gavest them me, Joh. 17. 6.) Nor only by Relation, (I will marry thee to my Self, Hosea 2. 19.) But also by Purchase; Therefore you should live unto your Christ.
1. You are Christs, Not onely by Gift, (Thou gavest them me, Joh. 17. 6.) Nor onely by Relation, (I will marry thee to my Self, Hosea 2. 19.) But also by Purchase; Therefore you should live unto your Christ.
If you were Christs only by way of Donation, you should live unto Him: What is Given to Him, that is to be used for Him. If you were Christs only by way of Relation, you should live unto Him. The Inferior part of the Relation is for the use and service of the Superior part of the Relation: 1 Cor. 11. 9. But besides these, you are Christs by way of Redemption and Purchase. You Are Not your own; For you Are Bought with a Price: therefore Glorify God in your Body, and in your Spirit, which are Gods: