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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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7. And the more you part with your much for Gods lesser, the more you honour God. What is Honour? Honour is a testimony of another's Excellency; Now when I can part with my much for Gods little, his little truths and things, I do testify an excellency in God; I say, the more you can part with your much for Gods little, the more you honour God.
7. And the more you part with your much for Gods lesser, the more you honour God. What is Honour? Honour is a testimony of anothers Excellency; Now when I can part with my much for Gods little, his little truths and things, I do testifie an excellency in God; I say, the more you can part with your much for Gods little, the more you honour God.
8. And the more you do keep close to the Name and Faith of God and Christ, even where Satan's Throne is, the more you honour God: Now then hath the Lord honoured you, and taken you into Covenant with himself; then surely it is your duty for to honour God, and by these several particulars you may honour God.
8. And the more you do keep close to the Name and Faith of God and Christ, even where Satans Throne is, the more you honour God: Now then hath the Lord honoured you, and taken you into Covenant with himself; then surely it is your duty for to honour God, and by these several particulars you may honour God.
2. If the Lord have made and stricken a Covenant with you, then Friends give me leave to say to you, Why should you be solicitous for your own things? If you be in Covenant with the Lord, and God in Covenant with you, God will take care of your things; therefore why should you be solicitous about your own things? God is in Covenant with you, he will take care of yours.