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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
Sermons › Sermon 2: Christ Crucified the object of our Faith. SERMON II.
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1 Cor. 2.2. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Having spoken of the Personal Excellencies of Christ, the object of your Love, there is a necessity upon me, of speaking something concerning Christ crucified, the object of your Faith, that your Love and Faith may go together; and therefore have made choice of these words, only for this time.
HAving spoken of the Personall Excellencies of Christ, the object of your Love, there is a necessity upon me, of speaking something concerning Christ crucified, the object of your Faith, that your Love and Faith may go together; and therefore have made choice of these words, onely for this time.
Wherein the Apostle Paul doth give an account of the reason of the plainness of his Preaching: And I, Brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech, or of wisdom: for, saith he, I am to Preach Christ crucified. A gallant eloquent speech, excellency of words, and pleated sentences, don't become a crucified Christ. If I should speak at that rate, my speech would not be suited unto the subject that I have in hand: for I Preach Christ crucified, saith he, For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and h•m crucified. Some Books read it, I desire not to know any thing among you; but rather, I judge ⟨p. 25⟩it, I decreed, I determined not to know any thing among you.
Wherein the Apostle Paul doth give an account of the reason of the plainnesse of his Preaching: And I, Brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech, or of wisdome: for, saith he, I am to Preach Christ crucified. A gallant eloquent speech, excellency of words, and pleated sentences, don't become a crucified Christ. If I should speak at that rate, my speech would not be suited unto the subject that I have in hand: for I Preach Christ crucified, saith he, For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and hm crucified. Some Books read it, I desire not to know any thing among you; but rather, I judge