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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. Though those Jews that were saved, wer• saved by the same Covenant that we now are saved by, yet notwithstanding the Covenant o• works was declared, and promulged among th• Jews; Wherefore then was the Law added, saith th• Apostle? Added then it was. As Sarah and Hagar made types of the two Testaments by the Apostle Were at once in Abraham's house; So the Old Covenant of Works, and the New Covenant of Grace, wer• at once in the Jewish Church: But
2. Though those Jews that were saved, wer• saved by the same Covenant that we now are saved by, yet notwithstanding the Covenant o• works was declared, and promulged among th• Jews; Wherefore then was the Law added, saith th• Apostle? Added then it was. As Sarah and Hagar made types of the two Testaments by the Apostle Were at once in Abrahams house; So the Old Covenant of Works, and the New Covenant of Grace, wer• at once in the Jewish Church: But
3. Though both these Covenants were at once in the Jewish Church, the one declared, and the other made with them; though Hagar was in the same house, yet it was in subserviency unto Sarah; and though the Covenant of works was declared, and was there at the same time, yet it was in subserviency unto the Covenant of Grace; it was added, wherefore? saith the Apostle, because of transgression, to be a School Master to bring to Christ. It was there in subserviency, and upon a Gospel design: But then
3. Though both these Covenants were at onc• in the Jewish Church, the one declared, and the other made with them; though Hagar was in the same house, yet it was in subserviency unto Sarah; and though the Covenant of works was declared, and was there at the same time, yet it was in subserviency unto the Covenant of Grace; it was added, wherefore? saith the Apostle, because of transgression, to be a School Master to bring to Christ. It was there in subserviency, and upon a Gospel design: But then