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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.
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.
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.
And say the Arminians, to invalidate and enervate Election, If we be elected, and so loved from all eternity, what need a Mediator to bring about actual reconciliation in time.
And say the Arminians, to invalidate and inervate Election, If we be elected, and so loved from all eternity, what need a Mediator to bring about actual reconciliation in time.
To all which I answer,
Answ. Yes, very much: For,