A92849:82
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.
And Now having cast up All Accounts, Tell me whether you may not say with Paul, To me to Dye, ⟨p. 23⟩is Gain? I have read a Fancy of one Trophonius, that when he had Built and Dedicated that goodly Temple at Delphos, asked of Apollo (for his recompense) That Thing which was Best for Man! The Oracle willed him to Go home, and within Three days he should have it, and within that Time he dyed. O Christian! The Best thing on Earth is to live so, as to Get into Christ; But the Best thing of All is to dye, and to be with Christ.
And Now having cast up All Accounts, Tell me whether you may not say with Paul, To me to Dye, ⟨p. 23⟩is Gain? I have read a Fancy of one Trophonius, that when he had Built and Dedicated that goodly Temple at Delphos, asked of Apollo (for his recompence) That Thing which was Best for Man! The Oracle willed him to Go home, and within Three days he should have it, and within that Time he dyed. O Christian! The Best thing on Earth is to live so, as to Get into Christ; But the Best thing of All is to dye, and to be with Christ.
I have done with both the Doctrinal Propositions from the Text; There remains Nothing behind, but the useful Applications of the whole unto our Selves.
I have done with both the Doctrinal Propositions from the Text; There remains Nothing behinde, but the useful Applications of the whole unto our Selves.
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