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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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9. Thereby, even by the knowledge of Christ crucified, you shall be possest of Christ. You know many things, and yet you do not possess them by your knowledge of them: But know Christ crucified, and you are possest of Christ. Saith the Apostle, My little Children, of whom I travel in birth again, until Christ be formed in you. Christ formed in you, — that is, till the knowledge of Christ be formed in you. The knowledge of Christ brings one into the possession of Christ.
10. Yea thereby you shall be furnished and prepared for every good word and work. — For, what is the death and suffering of Christ but Officina virtutum, the Shop of Virtues? — Do you want Faith? Christ crucified is the Object of your ⟨p. 43⟩Faith, and the Cause of it, as you have heard. — Are you full of fears? Are you afraid because of the Law, and the avenger of blood that is following you at the heels? Do but look upon Christ crucified, and there you see the City of refuge. So many wounds in Christ, so many Cities of refuge. — Are you impatient and froward? why, the sight of a patient Christ will make you patient. — Are you proud? The spirit of an humble Christ, a crucified Christ, will make you humble. If I have gallant and brave clothes on, and go abroad and swagger with them, and a man comes and tells me, Sir, you owe for these clothes, its enough to take down my Plumes. So now, Though a man be proud of this or that good thing, yet if he do but see Christ crucified, he shall there be told, that Christ hath paid for all; and this will take down his pride.— Do you complain of a hard heart? The sight of a broken Christ will break your heart, or nothing will. So that the knowledge of Christ crucified is that that will furnish you, and prepare you to every good word and work. And therefore, O friends, who would not labour to know Christ crucified? Let me speak a little more.
10. Yea thereby you shall be furnished and prepared for every good word and work. — For, what is the death and suffering of Christ but Officina virtutum, the Shop of Vertues? — Do you want Faith? Christ crucified is the Object of your