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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 Old-Age, wherein the Grave is digging for Life, wherein the Glass is even run out, and the Candle is spent to the last inch; yet this Age, where Men are stepping out of the World, is that Age wherein Men most dote on the World, and are Scraping for the things of this Life. And thus, either Nothing hath our Lives, or Vanity (which is the best of Nothing) hath our Lives; Or Sin (which is worse then Nothing) hath our Lives; Or the World (which is little better then Nothing) hath our Lives: And Jesus Christ (who is the Best of All things) hath no share at all; or if any, it is the last, the least, the dregs and snuffs of our Lives.
This I speak only in the general: but give me Favour to Press this sad Conviction a little closer unto our Selves. There are Four sorts of men, who do not live to Christ; They cannot say, To me to live, is Christ.
This I speak onely in the general: but give me Favor to Press this sad Conviction a little closer unto our Selves. There are Four sorts of men, who do not live to Christ; They cannot say, To me to live, is Christ.
1. Spiritually dead men, unconverted men; It is impossible to live to Christ, until Christ doth first live in us. Christ cannot be the End of Life, where He is not the Principle of Life. It is an excellent ⟨p. 25⟩Expression which Ambrose hath, That is not a Death, but Life, which Joins the Dying 1Man to Christ; and that is Not a Life, but Death, which Separates the Living Man from Christ. Now, how many men are there who have not the Life of Christ in them? Nay, who are Alienated from the Life of Christ, are dead in trespasses and sins?