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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 3: The New Covenant of Grace opened. SERMON III.
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.
So that first, look how much Mount Zion dot• excel Mount Sinai, — The City of the living Go•• doth excel the Wilderness, — and the heavenly Jerusalem doth excel the Mountain that might b• touched, from whence the Law was given; […] ⟨p. 55⟩much doth our state now exceed and excel that of the Jews.
So that first, look how much Mount Sion dot• excell Mount Sinai, — The City of the living Go•• doth excell the Wilderness, — and the heavenl• Jerusalem doth excell the Mountain that might b• touched, from whence the Law was given; 〈…〉 ⟨p. 55⟩much doth our state now exceed and excell that of the Jews.
And saith he, Ye are also come unto an innumerable company of Angels. The Law was given at Mount Sinai by the ministration of Angels: Look therefore how much our communion now with an innumerable company of Angels, doth exceed that ministration, which was by the ministration of Angels then, so much doth our Gospel state now exceed theirs.
And ye are also come to the general assembly, and Church of the first born. Look how much the Catholic Church, drawn out of all Nations, doth exceed the Jewish Synagogue, so much doth our Gospel Church state now exceed theirs.