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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.
O that All of us would live more to Christ! That All our Oil might be emptied into the Golden Candlestick! That Parents and Children, Masters and Servants, All might be doing more for Christ! Every Morning let us consider, What may I do this day for Christ? Every Evening let us Review, What have I done this day for Christ? And as he thought that day lost, wherein he had done No Good thing; So let us repute that part of Life as dead and lost, wherein we have done Nothing to the Honour and Advantage of Christ. O Christian! Thou livest not; until thou livest to Christ. O Christian! Thou canst not dye, but thou must dye for ever, if thou hast not lived unto Christ. It was a Good Speech of one, (Vis in pace mori? sis Servus Dei;) Wouldst thou dye in Peace? then be the Servant of God. So say I, Wouldst thou dye, and Go to Christ? then live so, as to be a Servant of Christ.
O that All of us would live more to Christ! That All our Oyl might be emptied into the Golden Candlestick! That Parents and Children, Masters and Servants, All might be doing more for Christ! Every Morning let us consider, What may I do this day for Christ? Every Evening let us Review, What have I done this day for Christ? And as he thought that day lost, wherein he had done No Good thing; So let us repute that part of Life as dead and lost, wherein we have done Nothing to the Honor and Advantage of Christ. O Christian! Thou livest not; until thou livest to Christ. O Christian! Thou canst not dye, but thou must dye for ever, if thou hast not lived unto Christ. It was a Good Speech of one, (Vis in pace mori? sis Servus Dei;) Wouldst thou dye in Peace? then be the Servant of God. So say I, Wouldst thou dye, and Go to Christ? then live so, as to be a Servant of Christ.
Every Man, when he dyes, Goes unto his Master whom he hath served, and to whom he hath lived. A Wi•ked Man, when he dyes, he goes to his Master whom he hath served; He goes to the Devil, and to the Place of Torment. A Godly Man, when he dyes, he goes to His Master, He goes to His Christ, and enters into the Joy of his Master. If you would dye with Pauls Confidence, you must ⟨p. 29⟩