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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.
First, If you be not in Covenant with God, how can you expect any blessing, mercy, or deliverance from God? for do but look into the Scripture, and you shall find, that all blessings, mercies and deliverances come to the people of God by virtue of the Covenant, and according to the Covenant: — Will you instance in outward deliverances, the World is not drowned again? Why? — but because of the Covenant. — Will you instance in spiritual deliverances? saith the Psalmist, He commandeth redemption, he remembereth the Covenant; He maketh Redemption effectual by remembering the Covenant. — Or will you instance in both together? see what is said in the 9th of Zech. 11. As for thee also, by the blood of thy Covenant, I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water: It ⟨p. 74⟩includes both outward and spiritual deliverances: So that now, if you be not in Covenant with God, what deliverance can you expect, or what mercy, seeing they all come by virtue of the Covenant, and according to the Covenant?
First, If you be not in Covenant with God, how can you expect any blessing, mercy, or deliverance from God? for do but look into the Scripture, and you shall find, that all blessings, mercies and deliverances come to the people of God by vertue of the Covenant, and according to the Covenant: — Will you instance in outward deliveranc•s, the World is not drowned again? Why? — but because of the Covenant. — Will you instance in spiritual deliverances? saith the Psalmist, He commandeth redemption, he remembreth the Covenant; He maketh Redemption effectual by remembring the Covenant. — Or will you instance in both together? see what is said in the 9th of Zech. 11. As for thee also, by the blood of thy Covenant, I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water: It ⟨p. 74⟩includes both outward and spiritual deliverances: So that now, if you be not in Covenant with God, what deliverance can you expect, or what mercy, seeing they all come by vertue of the Covenant, and according to the Covenant?