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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. If you do indeed know Christ crucified, the why should you not hold forth the virtues of th• Christ, the death of Christ, in your dying unto […] things below, and say with Paul upon all occa•• once, Henceforth let no man trouble me, I bear abo•• in my body, the marks of the Lord Jesus. You co•• to tempt me to such a sin, do not trouble me, know Christ crucified; henceforth let no man tro• ble me, I know Christ crucified; answer all yo• temptations thus, and be peremptory and resolu•• let no man trouble me, do not trouble me, I kno• Christ crucified.
4. If you do indeed know Christ crucified, the why should you not hold forth the vertues of th• Christ, the death of Christ, in your dying unto 〈…〉 things below, and say with Paul upon all occa•• ons, Henceforth let no man trouble me, I bear abo•• in my body, the marks of the Lord Jesus. You co•• to tempt me to such a sin, do not trouble me, know Christ crucified; henceforth let no man tro• ble me, I know Christ crucified; answer all yo• temptations thus, and be peremptory and resolu•• let no man trouble me, do not trouble me, I kno• Christ crucified.
5. Go away and communicate that knowledge of a crucified Christ unto others; your knowledge is nothing unless you make others to know w you know. — There is a twofold revelation […] Christ, — Christ revealed to men, and Christ […] vealed in men, as Paul speaks, When it pleased […] Lord to reveal Christ IN me. When a man ha revelation of Christ within him, he will com nicate that knowledge. Ye see how it is with […] Sun shining upon the wall, and with a Candle […] Lantern; the Sun shines upon the wall, and […] wall enlightens no body, why? because the Su not in it: but there is a Candle in a Lantern, a that enlightens others; why? because the Cand within it: So when a man hath a revelation Christ upon him, it falls dead, as upon a mud w and he communicates not that light unto others but if Christ be in me the hope of Glory, then c tainly I shall communicate this knowledge of Ch unto others also.