A92849:75
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.
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.
2. The Christians Estate Receives a larger Addition by Death, and therefore for him to dye is Gain. There are three things added unto your Estate by Death, which you longed to have, but Never might, Nor could enjoy in this Life: 1. An Absolute Remedy. 2. A Perfect Fruition. 3. An Invariable Eternity.
First, The Christian hath this Gain by Death, That it proves an Absolute Remedy: Death doth that for Him in One Moment, which All the Ordinances of Christ could Never do, which All the Graces of the Spirit could Never do, which All the Joys of the Holy Ghost could Never do: It doth instantly cure his Soul and Body; It doth perfectly cure them and deliver them From All the Afflictions of Life, from All the Troubles of Life, from All Infirmities and Diseases in the Body, from All Sinful Corruptions in the Soul, from All the Temptations and Assaults of Satan; All these are at their end, when Life is at an end. And truly to lose All these, and All these for ever, is deservedly ⟨p. 20⟩to be Reckoned amongst Our Gains and Advantages.