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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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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?
You have better Promises, and shall not your lives be better?
Your state now is called Grace to That: The Law was given by Moses, but Grace and Truth comes by Christ, John 1. Chap. Look therefore upon the Jews, look into the Old Testament, and look upon the best of them, and think with your selves, am I in a better Covenant? Oh then how am I engaged ⟨p. 80⟩to live better? Oh that our lives were more exalted upon this account. Why should not our lives be better, and we live at a higher Rate?