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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.
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.
First of all, If you ask what it is to know Chris• crucified, or when a man may be said to know Christ crucified.
I answer shortly. A man is said to know a thing nakedly and barely, —or else effectually and truly. Barely and nakedly a man knows God and Christ, when he doth understand that there is a God, and Christ a Saviour of the world: so the Devil said, I know the• whom thou art, the holy one of Israel.
I answer shortly. A man is said to know a thing nakedly and barely, —or else effectually and truly. Barely and nakedly a man knowes God and Christ, when he doth understand that there is a God, and Christ a Saviour of the world: so the Devil said, I know the• whom thou art, the holy one of Israel.
But truly and effectually a man is said to know Christ crucified, when he doth know the mind and will of God the Father in Christ crucified, having a disposition and affections suitable thereunto. Words of knowledge note an affection; and words of affection in Scripture note an effect: accordingly therefore in Scripture phrase, a man is said to know, when he doth go round about a business, doth consider of it, and look well into it; and so Christ saith, Behold me, behold me: and saith the Apostle, Consider the High Priest of your profession.
But truly and effectually a man is said to know Christ crucified, when he doth know the mind and will of God the Father in Christ crucified, having a disposition and affections suitable thereunto. Words of knowledge note an affection; and words of affection in Scripture note an effect: accordingly therefore in Scripture phrase, a man is said to know, when he doth go round about a businesse, doth consider of it, and look well into it; and so Christ saith, Behold me, behold me: and saith the Apostle, Consider the High Priest of your profession.