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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.
2. By Arguments. It cannot be, but that Christians must Needs Gain by Death, Because thereupon they pass into such an Estate, where they do receive a Full Reward, and where All the Promises of God are perfectly made Good unto them, and where All the Gracious and Eternal Intentions of Love and Happiness towards them, are (as in their last End) Fulfilled and Accomplished. And beyond which Estate there is Not in them, No Not a possible capacity for the Fruition of a Greater Perfection and Glory.
But more particularly; If the Estate, into which the Christian is Translated by Death, doth more then Recompense All his Losses by Death, and doth transcendently exceed All the Benefits which he hath in Life; then Death is Gain or Advantage unto him: For herein doth All Gain consist; It is a Fuller Recompense, or a Larger Addition. If you lose a little, and for that Receive more, this is Gain. If you lay out a little, and for this Take in much, this also is Gain. Now consider,
But more particularly; If the Estate, into which the Christian is Translated by Death, doth more then Recompence All his Losses by Death, and doth transcendently exceed All the Benefits which he hath in Life; then Death is Gain or Advantage unto him: For herein doth All Gain consist; It is a Fuller Recompence, or a Larger Addition. If you lose a little, and for that Receive more, this is Gain. If you lay out a little, and for this Take in much, this also is Gain. Now consider,
1. The Christians Compensations by Death are ⟨p. 18⟩far greater then any of his Losses by Death. You read of the Phoenix, that her old Age falling into the Flames of death, procures unto her a second Edition or Birth of a New and Fresh Life; And hereby Death is an Advantage unto that Creature. Much more is it to the Christian, concerning whom the Apostle saith in