A77360:1032
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.
He will prevent us with his Mercies,
1. First, In reference to our own deservings; when we deserve evil, we shall receive good. Is it not a great prevention, when a man shall deserve evil, to receive good? Thus will God deal with men sometimes: He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. Did not Moses deserve a sharp chiding, and to be beaten out of his excuses, when God sent him upon his work, and he stood excusing the matter so long? Exodus 4. he said, O my Lord, send I pray thee by the hand of him whom thou wilt send: and the anger of the Lord was handled against Moses: What was the issue of it? Instead of blows, mercy, instead of chiding and threatening, a promise; And he said, is not Aaron the Levite thy Brother, I know that he can speak well, and lo, behold he cometh forth to meet thee, and when he seeth thee he will be glad in his heart; and thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth, and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach ye what ye shall do: Here is good in the stead of evil. Thus God prevents us with his mercies, in reference to our own deservings.
1. First, In reference to our own deservings; when we deserve evil, we shall receive good. Is it not a great prevention, when a man shall deserve evil, to receive good? Thus will God deal with men sometimes: He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. Did not Moses deserve a sharp chiding, and to be beaten out of his excuses, when God sent him upon his work, and he stood excusing the matter so long? Exodus 4. he said, O my Lord, send I pray thee by the hand of him whom thou wilt send: and the anger of the Lord was handled against Moses: What was the issue of it? Instead of blows, mercy, instead of chiding and threatning, a promise; And he said, is not Aaron the Levite thy Brother, I know that he can speak well, and lo, behold he cometh forth to meet thee, and when he seeth thee he will be glad in his heart; and thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth, and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach ye what ye shall do: Here is good in the stead of evil. Thus God prevents us with his mercies, in reference to our own deservings.