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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.
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2. It is that agreement whereby God the Father doth engage himself to show kindness, grace and mercy, to Christ and to his Seed.
2. It is that agreement whereby God the Father doth ingage himself to shew kindness, grace and mercy, to Christ and to his Seed.
Unto Christ himself he doth engage, Isa. 42. […] the Lord have called thee in Righteousness, and will bold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a Covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles. If thou wilt undertake the work of the Mediator, I do engage and promise to thee (I the Lord have called thee in Righteousness, and) I will hold thine hand, and I will keep thee.
Unto Christ himself he doth ingage, Isa. 42. 〈…〉 the Lord have called thee in Righteousness, and will bold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a Covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles. If thou wilt undertake the work of the Mediator, I do ingage and promise to thee (I the Lord have called thee in Righteousness, and) I will hold thine hand, and I will keep thee.
And the Father doth engage unto Christ, and his Seed too; for saith he unto Christ, If thy children ⟨p. 59⟩forsake my Law, and walk not in my Judgements; If they break my Statutes, and keep not my Commandments, then will I visit their transgression with the Rod, and their iniquity with stripes; nevertheless, my loving kindness will I not utterly take away: which is plainly spoken unto Christ, as you read in the 89 Psalm, from the 26. v. unto the 30. So that I say, it is that agreement whereby God the Father doth engage himself to show kindness, grace and mercy, unto Christ and his Seed.