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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 4: Christ the Mediator of the New Covenant. SERMON IV.
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Only you must know, That we do not find in express terms in Scripture, that God is said to be ⟨p. 84⟩reconciled to us, but we are said to be reconciled to him, because we are the parties offending, and God the Party offended: Now the Scripture always speaks so, that the Party offending, is to reconcile himself, or to be reconciled, as in the 5. of Math. If thy brother hath ought against thee, leave thy gift, and first be reconciled to thy brother. Thou that hast offended, go and be reconciled to thy brother: and so we say in ordinary speech, if a man have justly provoked another, Go and reconcile your self unto him, that is, do that whereby he may be pacified and satisfied. And so God is reconciled unto us, when we do that whereby his anger may be turned away, and he pacified, which is the work of a Mediator.
Only you must know, That we do not find in express tearms in Scripture, that God is said to be ⟨p. 84⟩reconciled to us, but we are said to be reconciled to him, because we are the parties offending, and God the Party offended: Now the Scripture alwayes speaks so, that the Party offending, is to reconcile himself, or to be reconciled, as in the 5. of Math. If thy brother hath ought against thee, leave thy gift, and first be reconciled to thy brother. Thou that hast offended, go and be reconciled to thy brother: and so we say in ordinary speech, if a man have justly provoked another, Go and reconcile your self unto him, that is, do that whereby he may be pacified and satisfied. And so God is reconciled unto us, when we do that whereby his anger may be turned away, and he pacified, which is the work of a Mediator.
Quest. But what need a Mediator for this work (say the Socinians) for God was always willing to be reconciled to us, God so loved the World, that he gave his Son: He loved them first, before Christ; what need a Mediator then, say they.
Quest. But what need a Mediator for this work (say the Socinians) for God was alwayes willing to be reconciled to us, God so loved the World, that he gave his Son: He loved them first, before Christ; what need a Mediator then, say they.