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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.
"That Age of Infancy is found to be but a Cipher: We Know not what it was, Nor for whom it was; it was a mere Fancy of Life.
"That Age of Infancy is found to be but a Cipher: We Know not what it was, Nor for whom it was; it was a meer Fancy of Life.
"That Age of Youth is found to be but a Vanity: ⟨p. 24⟩A Vain Life it is, and if laid out on Any thing, that same Goes wholly upon the account of Pleasure, which is the Bane and Madness of Life.
"That Age of Youth is found to be but a Vanity: ⟨p. 24⟩A Vain Life it is, and if layd out on Any thing, that same Goes wholy upon the account of Pleasure, which is the Bane and Madness of Life.
"That Age of Manhood is found to be but the Death of Life: therein men Serve their lusts, weary themselves in their Iniquities, give up themselves to Sin with greediness; this is the Reproach and Loss of Life.