A77360:1062
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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VI. But now Sixthly and Lastly, You will say, Suppose I have tasted of preventing love and mercy, suppose I have had experience of it, for I must needs say, this is my case; for I was going on in the way of my sin, and God prevented me many a time with his preventing Grace: I have been backward to, and dull in duty, and God hath many a time prevented me with assisting Grace: I have been full of unbelief, and said, I am cast off, and shall never see the face of God again, but the Lord hath prevented me with his comforting grace, and with the shines of his face: I was galloping to Hell as fast as I could, but God hath prevented me with his saving Grace. And as for my outward Estate in the World, I was low, and knew not what to do, and God prevented ⟨p. 496⟩me with such a Gift, such a House and Land; what hath my life been but a Bundle of preventing mercy; if any have drunk deep of this preventing grace, I may say, I have much more. Now what is my Duty that doth flow from hence?
VI. But now Sixthly and Lastly, You will say, Suppose I have tasted of preventing love and mercy, suppose I have had experience of it, for I must needs say, this is my case; for I was going on in the way of my sin, and God prevented me many a time with his preventing Grace: I have been backward to, and dull in duty, and God hath many a time prevented me with assisting Grace: I have been full of unbeleef, and said, I am cast off, and shall never see the face of God again, but the Lord hath prevented me with his comforting grace, and with the shines of his face: I was galloping to Hell as fast as I could, but God hath prevented me with his saving Grace. And as for my outward Estate in the World, I was low, and knew not what to do, and God prevented ⟨p. 496⟩me with such a Gift, such a House and Land; what hath my life been but a Bundle of preventing mercy; if any have drunk deep of this preventing grace, I may say, I have much more. Now what is my Duty that doth flow from hence?