A77360:105
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.
2. And the more free any love is, the more it call's for love again. Three things there are that call for love, Likeness,—Benefit,—Love: And where none of these are, the love is most free.
2. And the more free any love is, the more it call's for love again. Three things there are that call for love, Likenesse,—Benefit,—Love: And where none of these are, the love is most free.
Now Christ hath loved you, but you were not like unto him when he loved you.
You could do him no kindness, you had no benefits to bestow upon him.
You could do him no kindesse, you had no benefits to bestow upon him.
And you had no love for him: In the day when he said, Now is the time of love, there was no love in your •e•ts for him; and therefore his love must needs be most free. But