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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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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.
And to say no more in it but this, If you be the Seed of Christ, then is this Covenant made with you, for it is made with Christ and his Seed; and if you be Abraham's Seed, then are you the Seed of Christ; for you may see how they go together in the third Chapter of the Galatians; Now to Abraham and his Seed were the Promises made: he saith not, unto Seeds, as of many, but as of one, and to thy Seed, which is Christ. And if you do believe as Abraham did, then are you Abraham's Seed. So that thus briefly you see, who this Covenant is stricken with, and who are the subjects of it.
And to say no more in it but this, If you be the Seed of Christ, then is this Covenant made with you, for it is made with Christ and his Seed; and if you be Abrahams Seed, then are you the Seed of Christ; for you may see how they go together in the third Chapter of the Galathians; Now to Abraham and his Seed were the Promises made: he saith not, unto Seeds, as of many, but as of one, and to thy Seed, which is Christ. And if you do believe as Abraham did, then are you Abrahams Seed. So that thus briefly you see, who this Covenant is stricken with, and who are the subjects of it.