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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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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.
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 Pro•ise, and therefore it is called the Promise.
2. Then though the Covenant of Grace was •ade with the Jews that were saved, yet it was •ven more darkly and obscurely; there was a veil ••on Moses, that he could not see to the end of ings: But now we all with open face behold as in glass the Glory of the Lord, saith the Apostle, as eaking of the difference between the one and the her, Cor. 2.3.