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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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That which the Apostles taught, and the Churches learned, must needs be the most desirable. Now this is that the Apostles taught, and this is that the Churches learned, and therefore this knowledge of Christ crucified is the most desirable. But for the opening and prosecuting hereof,
1. We must a little enquire, what it is to know Christ crucified, and when a man may be said to know Christ crucified.
2. That it is our great work and business in the world, to know Christ crucified.
2. That it is our great work and businesse in the world, to know Christ crucified.
3. What there is in Christ crucified, that is so desirable to be known.