A92849:96
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.
But I pass on; Is the Life of a Real Christian resolved 1unto Christ? Then let us every one strive so to live, so to employ and improve Life, that Christ may be magnified by us. You Read, That the Four and Twenty Elders Fell down before Him that sate on the Throne, and worshipped Him that liveth for ever and ever; And did cast Their Crowns before the Throne, saying, Thou Art Worthy, O Lord, to Receive ⟨p. 27⟩Glory, and Honour, and Power, for Thou hast Created All things, and for Thy Pleasure they Are, and were Created, Revel. 4. 10, 11. So let Every one of us Prostrate All our Excellencies, and All our Abilities, All our Places, and Powers, and Endeavours, to the Honour and Glory of Jesus Christ. If we had a more clear and experimental Knowledge of the Surpassing Love of Christ, we would do so! That would Endear our Hearts to Christ, That would Inflame our Hearts for Christ; It would make us to spend and to be spent for Christ! O that you, who are Parliament-men, would live more for Christ! Who amongst us have such Power, and such Opportunities to do for Christ, as you have? God speaks Honourably of Phinehas, He was Zealous for my sake, Numb. 25. 11. And Christ commends Ephesus, For my Names sake thou hast Laboured, and hast not •ainted, Revel. 2. 3. Put out your Selves against Blasphemies and Profaneness, and put out your Selves for All the Ordinances, Truths, and Ways of Christ, &c.
But I pass on; Is the Life of a Real Christian resolved 1unto Christ? Then let us every one strive so to live, so to employ and improve Life, that Christ may be magnified by us. You Read, That the Four and Twenty Elders Fell down before Him that sate on the Throne, and worshipped Him that liveth for ever and ever; And did cast Their Crowns before the Thr•ne, saying, Thou Art Worthy, O Lord, to Receive ⟨p. 27⟩