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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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4. But you will say in the next place, Whether may a man live under the Gospel, and not know Christ crucified? We all know Christ crucified we hope, for, Is it possible that a man should live under the Gospel, and not know Christ crucified?
Surely it is possible a man may live under the Gospel, and not know Christ crucified as he ought to know; for as in the times of the Law, Some that were in the highest forms did not know God. It is said of the Sons of Elijah, they were Children of Belial, that knew not God, yet Priests, men of the highest form, and yet they knew not God: So now in the times of the Gospel, men may sit upon the highest form of profession, and yet not know Christ crucified aright as they ought to know. You know how ignorant Nicodemus was, Art thou a Doctor in Israel, and knowest not these things? How unacquainted was he with Christ crucified? yea, Christs own Disciples before Christs death, how ignorant were they of a crucified Christ? when he said, Destroy this Temple, in the second of John, they understood it not: So that possibly men may live under the Gospel, and be in a very high form of Profession, and yet not know Christ crucified is they ought to know.
Surely it is possible a man may live under the Gospel, and not know Christ crucified as he ought to know; for as in the times of the Law, Some that were in the highest forms did not know God. It is said of the Sons of Elias, they were Children of Belial, that knew not God, yet Priests, men of the highest form, and yet they knew not God: So now in the times of the Gospel, men may sit upon the highest form of profession, and yet not know Christ crucified aright as they ought to know. You know how ignorant Nichodemus was, Art thou a Doctor in Israel, and knowest not these things? How unacquainted was he with Christ crucified? yea, Christs own Disciples before Christs death, how ignorant were they of a crucified Christ? when he said, Destroy this Temple, in the second of John, they understood it not: So that possibly men may live under the Gospel, and be in a very high form of Profession, and yet not know Christ crucified is they ought to know.