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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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3. Then in that Covenant, acceptation began in the Work, and so to the Person, and therefore saith the Lord to Cain, If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? speaking to him as belonging to the Covenant of works: — But in the Covenant now made, the acceptation begins in the Person, and so to the Work, and therefore saith the Lord concerning Abel, the Lord accepted Abel (his Person) and then his Sacrifice.
4. Then also the Lord gave Adam, and us, an• ability to stand, but he did not give a promise of perseverance in standing: But now the Lord doth, I will put my fear into your hearts, that you shall not depart from me, saith the Lord.
5. Then in that Covenant, there was no room for repentance, no room for remission: But as in a Court of mere Justice, the Question is not, whether a man doth repent of his Fact or no, but whether, I or No, hath such a Fact been done? So by the Covenant of works, the first Covenant, there is no Question whether a man doth repent or no, But whether the work were done, whether the sin were done: But now in this Covenant, there is room both for repentance, and for remission, (as by and by you shall hear.) And then
5. Then in that Covenant, there was no room for repentance, no room for remission: But as in a Court of meer Justice, the Question is not, whether a man doth repent of his Fact or no, but whether, I or No, hath such a Fact been done? So by the Covenant of works, the first Covenant, there is no Question whether a man doth repent or no, But whether the work were done, whether the sin were done: But now in this Covenant, there is room both for repentance, and for remission, (as by and by you shall hear.) And then