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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
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6. As he thus prevents us with his mercy in reference to our thoughts, and faith, and expectance, ⟨p. 485⟩so in reference to his own promises, and the conditions thereof; if I promise a man a kindness upon a condition, and do that kindness for him when he hath not performed the condition, then I prevent him with kindness. Now the Lord hath promised many a mercy upon a condition, and yet given the mercy when we have not performed the condition; I said (says David) I would confess my sin, and thou Lord forgavest my iniquity. Lord, thou hast made a promise of forgiveness, upon condition of our confession and humiliation; I did not go so far, I did but say, I would confess my sin, and thou prevented'st me with thy forgiving Love. Thus now you see, how, and in what respects God doth prevent us with his mercy; he doth prevent us with his mercy in reference to our deservings, in reference to his own proceedings of Common Providence, in reference to all our Prayers, in reference to our Faith and Expectance, in reference to our Preparedness, and in reference to his own Promises, and the conditions thereof. That's the Second.
6. As he thus prevents us with his mercy in reference to our thoughts, and faith, and expectance, ⟨p. 485⟩so in reference to his own promises, and the conditions thereof; if I promise a man a kindness upon a condition, and do that kindness for him when he hath not performed the condition, then I prevent him with kindness. Now the Lord hath promised many a mercy upon a condition, and yet given the mercy when we have not performed the condition; I said (sayes David) I would confess my sin, and thou Lord forgavest my iniquity. Lord, thou hast made a promise of forgiveness, upon condition of our confession and humiliation; I did not go so far, I did but say, I would confess my sin, and thou prevented'st me with thy forgiving Love. Thus now you see, how, and in what respects God doth prevent us with his mercy; he doth prevent us with his mercy in reference to our deservings, in reference to his own proceedings of Common Providence, in reference to all our Prayers, in reference to our Faith and Expectance, in reference to our Preparedness, and in reference to his own Promises, and the conditions thereof. That's the Second.