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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. Because the Commandment lay uppermost, the •hole dispensation was called Law, although the Promise and the Gospel lay at the bottom; As now, be•use the Promise lies uppermost, the whole of the covenant is called the Promise, though the Commandment lies at the bottom.
5. Because the Commandment lay uppermost, the •hole dispensation was called Law, although the Pro•ise and the Gospel lay at the bottom; As now, be•use the Promise lyes uppermost, the whole of the •ovenant is called the Promise, though the Com•andment lyes at the bottom.
Well then, if these things be so, wherein lies •he difference between that of the Jews and Ours?
Well then, if these things be so, wherein lyes •he difference between that of the Jews and Ours?
Thus, first, although the Jews that were saved, •ere saved by the same Covenant that we now are ••ved by; Yet then the Covenant had a special eye un•• the Commandment, and therefore it is called the •aw: Now the Covenant hath a special eye to the Promise, and therefore it is called the Promise.