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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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5. If we did know Christ crucified as we ought to know, why are we not willing to take and receive all our mercies and blessings in the way that this crucified Christ hath purchased and bought for us? — What way is that? — Why, Christ hath bought them for us in a way of contraries, Heaven by the way of Hell, mercy by the way of misery, glory and honour by the way of reproach, Victory over enemies, by being overcome by enemies; Christ overcame the world, by being overcome by the world. This is the way that the crucified Christ went; and if in truth, we were acquainted with Christ crucified, and did know Christ crucified as we ought to know him, why should we not be contented to take our mercies and blessings in the way that this crucified Christ hath bought them for us? Joy by grief, hope by fear, and mercy by misery, and overcoming by being overcome: But oh how many are there that are unwilling to take these things thus? why, because few there are that do know Christ crucified as they ought to know. But O friends, shall we live thus long under the Gospel, and not know Christ crucified as we ought to know?
5. You will say in the next place, Suppose yet that we do know Christ crucified as we ought to know, what shall we gain, or what shall we get thereby? what are the great benefits that we shall obtain or get by knowing Christ crucified in a right manner? Those are many.
5. You will say in the next place, Suppose yet that we do know Christ crucified as we ought to know, what shall we gain, or what shall we get thereby? what are the great benefits that we shall obtaine or get by knowing Christ crucified in a right manner? Those are many.
1. Thereby you shall know God, — you shall know your selves,— and you shall know men.