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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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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
6. Though when God made that Covenant with Adam and with us, the tree of Life might be some shadow of Christ, yet then there was no Mediator, for there was no need, God and Man was not at variance, and so no need of a Mediator: But in this ⟨p. 63⟩Covenant that is now stricken, there is a Mediator, a Mediator of the New Covenant. So that thus you see this Covenant is New, in opposition to the Covenant that was made with Adam and us in the state of innocency.
6. Though when God made that Covenant with Adam and with us, the tree of Life might be some shaddow of Christ, yet then there was no Mediator, for there was no need, God and Man was not at variance, and so no need of a Mediator: But in this ⟨p. 63⟩Covenant that is now stricken, there is a Mediator, a Mediator of the New Covenant. So that thus you see this Covenant is New, in opposition to the Covenant that was made with Adam and us in the state of innocency.