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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
9. Then Christ was in the hand of Moses, […] Moses is in the hand of Christ: Now the bond-w• man is cast out of doors; there was a time wh• the bond-woman and Sarah was in the house t• gather, but now the bond-woman is gone.
9. Then Christ was in the hand of Moses, 〈…〉 Moses is in the hand of Christ: Now the bond-w• man is cast out of doors; there was a time wh• the bond-woman and Sarah was in the house t• gether, but now the bond-woman is gone.
10. Then the Commandments were m• carnal, as the Apostle speaks, and the Promise worser, but now the Commandment is spiritual, a• ⟨p. 67⟩the Covenant founded upon better Promises, saith the Apostle, Heb. 7.
10. Then the Commandments were m• carnal, as the Apostle speaks, and the Promi• worser, but now the Commandment is spiritual, a• ⟨p. 67⟩the Covenant founded upon better Promises, saith the Apostle, Heb. 7.