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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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3. If an heart of stone be taken away, and a yielding heart be given unto you, whereby you yield t• Gods Impressions, to Gods Instructions, and to God Corrections, then are you in Covenant with God for thus runs the Covenant, I will take away th• heart of stone, and give an heart of flesh; a heart o• flesh, is a yielding heart.
4. If you are begotten again to God by the promise, especially the absolute promise, then a•• you in Covenant with God. There were two Son of Abraham, the Child of the Bond-woman, an• the Child of the Free-woman, saith the Apostle, these were Types, — And wherein did they differ? — Why, the Child of the Bond-woman was born after the Flesh, but the Child of the Free-woman was born by the Promise, only by the Promise, an absolute Promise, and therefore I say, if you be born again by the Promise, the absolute Promise, then are you in Covenant with God.
4. If you are begotten again to God by the promise, especially the absolute promise, then a•• you in Covenant with God. There were two Son of Abraham, the Child of the Bond-woman, an• the Child of the Free-woman, saith the Apostle, these were Types, — And wherein did they differ? — Why, the Child of the Bond-woman was born after the Flesh, but the Child of the Free-woman was born by the Promise, on•ly by the Promise, an absolute Promise, and therefore I say, if you be born again by the Promise, the absolute Promise, then are you in Covenant with God.