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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 upon this account, in case there be any loss upon the things of God, why should you not be as much affected for that loss, as for your own losses? For if you be in Covenant with God, ⟨p. 79⟩and God with you; Gods things are yours, and your things are Gods: Gods things are yours, Why then should you not be as much touched with the loss of any thing that concerns God, as with any thing that concerns your selves?
And upon this account, in case there be any losse upon the things of God, why should you not be as much affected for that losse, as for your owne losses? For if you be in Covenant with God, ⟨p. 79⟩and God with you; Gods things are yours, and your things are Gods: Gods things are yours, Why then should you not be as much touched with the losse of any thing that concerns God, as with any thing that concerns your selves?
Yea, Why should not God have the use of all yours? God is in Covenant with you, and you have the use of Gods things, his Wisdom, his Power, his Mercy; Why? — Because he is in Covenant with you, and you are in Covenant with him. Why then should not God have the use of your thing also, your Name, and your Estate, and your Body, and your Time? If you be in Covenant with God, and God be in Covenant with you, yours are Gods, and Gods are yours; why should not God have the use of yours, as you think to have the use of Gods?
Yea, Why should not God have the use of all yours? God is in Covenant with you, and you have the use of Gods things, his Wisdome, his Power, his Mercy; Why? — Because he is in Covenant with you, and you are in Covenant with him. Why then should not God have the use of your thing also, your Name, and your Estate, and your Body, and your Time? If you be in Covenant with God, and God be in Covenant with you, yours are Gods, and Gods are yours; why should not God have the use of yours, as you think to have the use of Gods?