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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. Thereby also you shall dye unto all your own righteousness. There is no such way in the world to dye unto our own righteousness, as by ⟨p. 41⟩the knowledge of a crucified Christ, as in that place of the Philippians, I account all things loss, &c.
5. Thereby also you shall be able to deny your selves in all things, in one thing as well as another. Possibly a man may deny himself in one thing, that he may seek himself in another: I may deny my self in meats and drinks, that I may have the more money; deny my self in prodigality, that I may seek my self in covetousness: It is possible that a man may deny himself in one thing, that he may seek himself in another; a man may deny his pride in one thing, that he may be proud in another: But now the sight of a crucified Christ will teach us to deny our selves in every thing. And therefore the Apostle Paul pressing the Philippians unto humility and self-denial, he opens before them the sufferings of Christ.
5. Thereby also you shall be able to deny your selves in all things, in one thing as well as another. Possibly a man may deny himself in one thing, that he may seek himself in another: I may deny my self in meats and drinks, that I may have the more money; deny my self in prodigality, that I may seek my self in covetousness: It is possible that a man may deny himself in one thing, that he may seek himself in another; a man may deny his pride in one thing, that he may be proud in another: But now the sight of a crucified Christ will teach us to deny our selves in every thing. And therefore the Apostle Paul pressing the Philippians unto humility and self-denyal, he opens before them the sufferings of Christ.