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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.
3. All the Spiritual Principles of Life, which are conferred upon you, do incline and enable you to live unto Christ, to set up Christ, to act for him, and to exalt him: And they are given for this end, that you should be the Servants of his Glory; and in their proper sphere do move for this very end, to show forth the Praises of him who hath called you. I will instance in a Few of them.
3. All the Spiritual Principles of Life, which are conferred upon you, do encline and enable you to live unto Christ, to set up Christ, to act for him, and to exalt him: And they are given for this end, that you should be the Servants of his Glory; and in their proper sphere do move for this very end, to shew forth the Praises of him who hath called you. I will instance in a Few of them.
First, Unto you is Given Precious Faith. And what is the Natural Labour of Faith, but to Set the Crown on the Head of Christ? To Glorify Jesus Christ? Faith makes you to Forsake All for Christ, and to Bestow All on Christ, who Bestows His All on you.
First, Unto you is Given Precious Faith. And what is the Natural Labor of Faith, but to Set the Crown on the Head of Christ? To Glorifie Jesus Christ? Faith makes you to Forsake All for Christ, and to Bestow All on Christ, who Bestows His All on you.
Secondly, Unto you is Given a Superlative Love of Christ. Saw ye Him whom my Soul loveth? said the Church, Cantic. 3. 3. Thou Knowest that I love thee, said Peter, Joh. 21. 17. O Lord Jesus, said Bernard, I love thee more then All my Goods,