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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.
And if that you be in Covenant with the Lord, then all his Retinue, his Creatures, and his Servants, also are in Covenant with you, in the 2d. of Hos. 21. It shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the Heavens, and they shall hear the Earth, and the Earth shall hear the Corn, and the Wine, and the Oil, and they shall hear Jezreel. — Why? — vers. 19. I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in Righteousness, and in Judgement, and in loving Kindness, ⟨p. 75⟩and in Mercies: And then it shall come to pass, that I will hear the Heavens, and they shall hear the Earth, &c. So that if you be in Covenant with God, then all his Retinue, all his Creatures, and all his Servants are in Covenant with you too.
And if that you be in Covenant with the Lord, then all his Retinue, his Creatures, and his Servants, also are in Covenant with you, in the 2d. of Hos. 21. It shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the Heavens, and they shall hear the Earth, and the Earth shall hear the Corn, and the Wine, and the Oyl, and they shall hear Jezreel. — Why? — vers. 19. I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in Righteousness, and in Judgement, and in loving Kindness, ⟨p. 75⟩and in Mercies: And then it shall come to pass, that I will hear the Heavens, and they shall hear the Earth, &c. So that if you be in Covenant with God, then all his Retinue, all his Creatures, and all his Servants are in Covenant with you too.
And if you be in Covenant with the Lord, then he is in Covenant with you, and your Soul, and your Body both; not only with your Body, but with your Soul, and not only with your Soul, but with your Body, with your whole man; and therefore if you dye, the Covenant is not dissolved between God and you. The Covenant may be dissolved between a Man and his Wife at Death, but this Covenant can never be dissolved; and though you sin, and break with God, God will not break with you, I hate putting away, saith he.