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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.
Will you instance in the dominion of sin, a• your bondage under it? look but upon Christ c• cified, and there you see your Ransom: Who g• himself a ransom for many, in whom we have •• demption through his blood.
Will you instance in the dominion of sin, a• your bondage under it? look but upon Christ c• cified, and there you see your Ransome: Who g• himself a ransome for many, in whom we have •• demption through his blood.
Will you instance still in your own misery a• ruins? Oh we lye like the ruins of London at […] day, in regard of our state by Nature: Yet do […] look upon Christ crucified, and there you shall ⟨p. 35⟩the repairer of the breaches, and the restorer of paths to dwell in. Oh what a blessed thing is it then, to have the knowledge of this Christ crucified? Who would not know Christ crucified?
Will you instance still in your own misery a• ruines? Oh we lye like the ruines of London at 〈…〉 day, in regard of our state by Nature: Yet do 〈…〉 look upon Christ crucified, and there you shall ⟨p. 35⟩the repairer of the breaches, and the restorer of paths to dwell in. Oh what a blessed thing is it then, to have the knowledge of this Christ crucified? Who would not know Christ crucified?