A77360:17
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
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.
Then he tells them at the 16, 17, 18, verses, that […] would send them another Comforter and, I will not leave […] comfortless, I will come unto you.
Then he tells them at the 16, 17, 18, verses, that 〈…〉 would send them another Comforter and, I will not leave 〈…〉 comfortlesse, I will come unto you.
Then he labours to persuade them unto comfort, […] their protestation of their own Love unto him. […] say you love me, saith he, If ye loved me, ye would re•e, because I said, I go unto the Father, for my Father is •ter than I.
Then he labours to perswade them unto comfort, 〈…〉 their protestation of their own Love unto him. 〈…〉 say you love me, saith he, If ye loved me, yo would re•e, because I said, I go unto the Father, for my Father is •ter than I.
•f ye loved me, that is, If you loved me so much as you ⟨p. 2⟩should. 'Tis usual with Scripture to speak of thing• absolutely, when they are meant comparatively. If you loved me so much as you pro•esse, and so much as you should: for they did love him.