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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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3. The third thing is, what is there in Christ crucified, that is so desirable to be known?
I answer, There is the Conjunction of all the Attributes of God: The Power, the Wisdom, the Justice, the Mercy, and Righteousness of God. In the day that you know Christ crucified, that day doth all the Attributes of God pass before you, which is the Glory of God.
I answer, There is the Conjunction of all the Attributes of God: The Power, the Wisdome, the Justice, the Mercy, and Righteousnesse of God. In the day that you know Christ crucified, that day doth all the Attributes of God passe before you, which is the Glory of God.
2. There also, in Christ crucified, you may se• the wealth and riches, not only of the Saints, bu• of the World: Christs Sepulchre is our Treasury […] And have made his Grave with the Rich, Isa. 53. Glassy reads it, He hath placed Riches in his Grave: For th• wealth and riches of the Saints lie in the grave an• sufferings of Christ.
2. There also, in Christ crucified, you may se• the wealth and riches, not onely of the Saints, bu• of the World: Christs Sepulchre is our Treasury 〈…〉 And have made his Grave with the Rich,