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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.
There is Nothing which you can lose by Death, but what must be lost, and what (for the most part) may be lost in Life. And whatsoever that is which you so lose by Death, it is superabundantly made up unto you again. You lose a Mortal Life, but then you Find an Immortal Life: You lose the Society of Men, but then you Find the Society of Angels: You lose the Sight of Friends, but then you Find the Sight of God: You lose the Possession of the World, but then you Find the Possession of the Kingdom of Heaven. Are Not these Compensations more then Equivalent to your Losses? Do they Not Infinitely exceed them? The people of Israel quit Egypt (the House of Bondage,) and possess Canaan (the Land of Promise;) Would you call this a Loss, which exceeds All that was enjoyed in Egypt?
There is Nothing which you can lose by Death, but what must be lost, and what (for the most part) may be lost in Life. And whatsoever that is which you so lose by Death, it is superabundantly made up unto you again. You lose a Mortal Life, but then you Finde an Immortal Life: You lose the Society of Men, but then you Finde the Society of Angels: You lose the Sight of Friends, but then you Finde the Sight of God: You lose the Possession of the World, but then you Finde the Possession of the Kingdom of Heaven. Are Not these Compensations more then Equivalent to your Losses? Do they Not Infinitely exceed them? The people of Israel quit Egypt (the House of Bondage,) and possess Canaan (the Land of Promise;) Would you call this a Loss, which exceeds All that was enjoyed in Egypt?
O Christian! The least Good in Heaven (if there be Any thing there which can be called The l•ast Good!) Far surmounts All the Good from ⟨p. 19⟩which Death can part you here on Earth. The Candle is out, I, But Now thou Hast the Sun! I leave my Earthly Father, I, but I Now Go to my Heavenly Father! I part with my Husband, O but I Go to my Christ! The Streams are cut off, O but Now I am at the Fountain! I shall Never meet with Creature-comforts more, O but I shall Now enjoy Him who makes All Comforts, and who is All Comforts, God, My God; Christ, My Christ for ever.