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A30213 The water of life, or, A discourse shewing the richness and glory of the grace and spirit of the gospel, as set forth in Scripture by this term, The water of life by John Bunyan. Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. 1688 (1688) Wing B5607; ESTC R633 41,387 126

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THE Water of Life OR A DISCOURSE SHEWING The Richness and Glory of the Grace and Spirit of the Gospel as set forth in Scripture by this Term The Water of Life By JOHN BUNYAN And whosoever will let him take the Water of Life freely Revel 22. 17. LONDON Printed for Nathanael Ponder at the Peacock in the Poultrey 1688. THE EPISTLE TO THE READER Courteous Reader I Have now presented thee with something of a Discourse of the Water of Life and its Virtues therefore thou mayest if thou wilt call this Book Bunyan ' s Bill of his Masters Water of Life True I have not set forth at Large the Excellent Nature and Quality thereof nor can that SO be done by the Pen or Tongue of Men or Angels Yet this I have said and so saying said truly That whosoever shall drink of this Water shall find it in him a Well of Water and not only so but a Well springing up in him to Everlasting Life let his Disease be what it will. And as Men in their Bills for Conviction to Readers do give an Account to the Countrey of the Persons cured and the Diseases that have been removed by Liquors and Preparations they have made for that end so could I were it not already done by an Infallible Pen to my Hand give you accounts of numberless Numbers that have not only been made to live but to live for ever by drinking of this Water this pure Water of Life Many of them indeed are removed from hence and live where they cannot be spoken with as yet but abundance of them do still remain here and have their abode yet with Men. Only if thou would'st drink it drink it by it self and that thou mayest not be deceived by that which is counterfeit know it is as it comes from the hand of our Lord without mixture pure and clear as Crystal I know there are many Mountebanks in the World and every of them pretend they have this Water to sell. But my Advice is that thou go directly to the Throne thy self or as thou art bidden come to the Waters and there thou shalt be sure to have that which is right and good and that which will certainly make thee well let thy Disease or Trouble or Pain or Malady be what it will. For the Price care not for that 't is cheap enough this is to be had without Money or Price I will give saith God and the Lamb to him that is a thirst of the Fountain of the Water of Life freely Hence be says again Whosoever will let him take the Water of Life freely so that thou hast no Ground to keep back because of thy Poverty Nay for the Poor 't is prepared and set open to the Poor it is offered the Poor and Needy may have it of free cost But let it not be slighted because it is offered to thee upon terms so full so free For thou art sick and sick unto Death if thou drinkest not of it nor is there any other than this that can heal thee and make thee well Farewel The Lord be thy Physician So prayes thy Friend John Bunyan OF THE River of VVater OF LIFE Revel 22. 1. And he shewed me a pure River of Water of Life clear as Crystal proceeding out of the Throne of God and of the Lamb. THese words are part of that Description that one of the Seven Angels which had the Seven Viols full of the Seven last Plagues gave unto John of the new Jerusalem or of the state of that Gospel Church that shall be in the latter days Wherefore he saith and shewed me HE the Angel shewed me it In the Text we have these things to consider of I. the Matter the Subject matter of the Text and that is The water of Life He shewed me the water of Life II. We have also here the quantity of this Water shewed to him and that is under the notion of a River He shewed me a River of water of Life III. He shews him also the Head or Well-Spring from whence this River of water of Life proceeds and that is The Throne of God and of the Lamb. He shewed me a River of water of Life proceeding out of the Throne of God and of the Lamb. IV. We have also here the nature and quality of this Water 't is pure 't is clear 't is clear as Crystal And he shewed me a pure River of water of Life clear as Crystal proceeding out of the Throne of God and of the Lamb. We will begin with the first of these to wit with the matter the Subject matter of the Text which is The water of Life These words Water of Life are Metaphorical or words by which a thing most excellent is presented to and amplified before our faces And that thing is the Spirit of Grace the Spirit and Grace of God. And the words Water of Life are words most apt to present it to us by for what 's more free than Water and what more beneficial and more desirable than Life Therefore I say it is compared to or called the Water of Life He shewed me the Water of Life That it is the Spirit of Grace or the Spirit and Grace of God that is here intended Consider First The Spirit of Grace is in other places compared to Water And Secondly It is also called The Spirit of Life Just as here it is presented unto us He shewed me the Water of Life 1. The Spirit of Grace is compared to Water Whosoever saith the Lamb drinketh of the Water that I shall give him shall never thirst But the Water that I shall give him shall be in him a Well of Water springing up into Everlasting Life What can here by Water be intended but the Spirit of Grace that this poor Harlot the Woman of Samaria wanted altho she was ignorant of her want as also of the excellency thereof which Water also is here said to be such as will spring up in them that have it as a Well into Everlasting Life Again in the last day that great Day of the Feast Jesus stood and cryed saying If any man thirst let him come unto me and drink But of what why of his Rivers of Living Waters But what are they why he answers This he spake of the Spirit which they that believe on him should receive Yea the Prophets and Servants of God in the Old-Testament did take this Water of Life for the Spirit of Grace that should in the latter days be poured out into the Church Hence Isaiah calls Water Gods Spirit and Blessing and Zechariah the Spirit of Grace I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground I will pour my Spirit upon thy Seed and my Blessing upon thy Off-spring And Zecharias saith I will pour upon the House of David and upon the Inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of Grace and Supplication and they shall