A77360:1026
Christ and the covenant the work and way of meditation
Christ and the covenant the work and way of meditation. : Gods return to the soul, or nation; together with his preventing mercy. : Delivered in ten sermons, (viz.) 1. Christs personal excellencies, the object of our love. 2. Christ crucified, the object of our faith. 3. The new covenant of grace opened. 4. Christ the mediator of the new covenant. 5. The way and spirit of the new covenant, or New Testament. 6. The blood of sprinkling. 7. The sweetness and profitableness of divine meditation. 8. The work and way of this meditation. 9. Gods return to the soul and nation. 10. Preventing mercy. / By W.B.
London: printed for N. Ranew, 1667
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.
1. As for the World; Did not God first come with his mercy to the World, before the World made after it? God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son: But how did he give this gift? Did we beg it first, did we seek it first, or did he first prevent us with it? When Adam, and all the World in Adam had sinned, fallen, did Adam and the World first go to God for Christ, or for the promise of Christ; or did God first give out the promise of Christ, before Adam or the World sought it? The Seed of the Woman shall break the Serpents head; God first gave out this promise of Christ, before Adam or the World sought it. Thus in regard of the World.
1. As for the World; Did not God first come with his mercy to the World, before the World made after it? God so loved the World, that he gave his onely begotten Son: But how did he give this gift? Did we beg it first, did we seek it first, or did he first prevent us with it? When Adam, and all the World in Adam had sinned, fallen, did Adam and the World first go to God for Christ, or for the promise of Christ; or did God first give out the promise of Christ, before Adam or the World sought it? The Seed of the Woman shall break the Serpents head; God first gave out this promise of Christ, before Adam or the World sought it. Thus in regard of the World.
2. And as he hath dealt thus with the World, in regard of preventing mercy, so with the Nations of the World: with the Nation of the Jews; so in the 16 of Ezek. When thou layedst in thy blood, and no eye pitied thee, I passed by thee, and said unto thee, live. So when the Nation of the Jews shall yet be converted again: He is found of those that seek him not: it is spoken of the calling of the Jews. And as for the Nations of the Gentiles, says our Saviour Christ to his Disciples, go teach all Nations. Did the Nations of the Gentiles come to Christ, and say, Lord, the Nation of the Jews have rejected thee, now then let the Gospel come to us, and ⟨p. 479⟩we will receive it? No, but says our Saviour Christ, Go, teach all Nations, whatever they be, Rich or Poor, High or Low, whatever they be, Go teach all Nations, and I will be with you, for their Conversion, for their Salvation, to the end of the World. Thus in regard of Nations.