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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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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.
11. And (to say no more) look what difference there is between the Letter and the Spirit, in regard of efficacy, (for that's the meaning of it) such a difference there is between that and this. We are not Ministers of the Letter, as in the days of Moses, but we are Ministers of the Spirit, 2 Cor. 3. So that thus you see why this Covenant is called a New Covenant. — N•w in opposition to the Covenant that was made with man in the state of innocency, and new in opposition to the Covenant that was made with the Jews in the times of the Old Testament.
11. And (to say no more) look what difference there is between the Letter and the Spirit, in regard of efficacy, (for that's the meaning of it) such a difference there is between that and this. We are not Ministers of the Letter, as in the dayes of Moses, but we are Ministers of the Spirit,