A77360:1044
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.
3. Or will ye instance in the matter of our Justification: What greater mercy or blessing then that of our Justification? Yet this also comes ⟨p. 487⟩swimming down the stream of preventing Love, for he justifies the ungodly. And in the 4th of the Romans it is said of Abraham, that he was justified, not yet circumcised, for we say, that faith was reckoned to him for righteousness, vers. 9. How was it then reckoned, When he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision, not in circumcision but in uncircumcision? Why, why not in circumcision, but in his uncircumcision? but to show that this mercy of Justification must be carried on in a way of preventing Love.
3. Or will ye instance in the matter of our Justification: What greater mercy or blessing then that of our Justification? Yet this also comes ⟨p. 487⟩swimming down the stream of preventing Love, for he justifies the ungodly. And in the 4th of the Romans it is said of Abraham, that he was justified, not yet circumcised, for we say, that faith was reckoned to him for righteousness, vers. 9. How was it then reckoned, When he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision, not in circumcision but in uncircumcision? Why, why not in circumcision, but in his uncircumcision? but to shew that this mercy of Justification must be carryed on in a way of preventing Love.
4. Or will ye instance in the matter of our Sanctification? What greater mercy then to be truly sanctified? Yet this also comes swimming down the stream of preventing Love; I will wash ye with clean water: Such and such were some of you, but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified in the Name of the Lord. This also in a way of preventing Love.