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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.
Thirdly, The Christian hath yet one more Exaltation of His Estate by Death, and that is, an Invariable Eternity. Whatsoever the Christian •inds in Himself in this Life, for the Habituals of Grace, It is Imperfect; and whatsoever he finds for the Comfortables of Grace, It is very Various: Sometimes it is More, and sometimes it is Less; Sometimes it is High, and sometimes it is Low, and Sometimes it is None at all. Sometimes Heaven is opened, and Sometimes the Vision is drawn up, and Heaven is shut. One while he sees the Face of God, and Rejoiceth; Another while God Hides his Face, and then he is Troubled: But by Death he comes to a Fixed and Invariable Eternity; He shall Ever be with the Lord: And as the Angels, so shall He always behold the Face of his Father. O Christians! It is always Day in Heaven, There the Sun still shines in Strength and Beauty, and Never Sets, and Never Declines; Thy Joy shall be an Everlasting Joy, Never Interrupted, Never Eclipsed, Never Diminished; Full at once, and Full for ever! Eternal Happiness, Happy Eternity! Perfect Fruition and Eternal Fruition! Perfect Pleasure, and Eternal Pleasure! As long as God is God, so long will your Complete Happiness be, and abide in your God for ever, and ever, and ever.
Thirdly, The Christian hath yet one more Exaltation of His Estate by Death, and that is, an Invariable Eternity. Whatsoever the Christian •inds in Himself in this Life, for the Habituals of Grace, It is Imperfect; and whatsoever he findes for the Comfortables of Grace, It is very Various: Sometimes it is More, and sometimes it is Less; Sometimes it is High, and sometimes it is Low, and Sometimes it is None at all. Sometimes Heaven is opened, and Sometimes the Vision is drawn up, and Heaven is shut. One while he sees the Face of God, and Rejoyceth; Another while God Hides his Face, and then he is Troubled: But by Death he comes to a Fixed and Invariable Eternity; He shall Ever be with the Lord: And as the Angels, so shall He always behold the Face of his Father. O Christians! It is always Day in Heaven, There the Sun still shines in Strength and Beauty, and Never Sets, and Never Declines; Thy Joy shall be an Everlasting Joy, Never Interrupted, Never Eclipsed, Never Diminished; Full at once, and Full for ever! Eternal Happiness, Happy Eternity! Perfect Fruition and Eternal Fruition! Perfect Pleasure, and Eternal Pleasure! As long as God is God, so long will your Compleat Happiness be, and abide in your God for ever, and ever, and ever.