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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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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.
And the Father doth ingage 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 ingage himself to shew kindness, grace and mercy, unto Christ and his Seed.
On the other side, Christ engages both for himself and for his Seed, to be obedient unto God the Father.
On the other side, Christ ingages both for himself and for his Seed, to be obedient unto God the Father.
Christ engages for himself, and therefore saith he in the 40. Psalm, verse 6. Sacrifice and Offering thou didst not desire, &c. Then said I, Lo I come, in the Volume of the Book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God, yea, thy Law is within my heart. They are the words of Christ; Then said I, that is, then promised I. Paulus Fagius observes, that the Hebrew hath no one proper word for Promise; but where God is said to Promise, the word in the Hebrew is only so, God said, God spake; And indeed if any man will take the pains to consult the Hebrew, and our English Translation together, he shall find it true. I'll give you some instances, and so pass over,