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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.
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?
3. If God be in Covenant with you, and you be in Covenant with God, then why should you not live at an higher rate then the best of the Jews did? You are in a better Covenant then the Jews were; though for substance the same (as you heard) yet you are in a better Covenant, and shall not your lives be better?
You have a better Mediator, and shall not your lives be better?