A77360:35
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
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Thirdly, If Christ had not gone unto the Father the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, had not come. If go not away, the Comforter will not come. —But wh• might not the Comforter, or the Holy Ghost, come though Christ had been here on earth, if he had n• gone unto the Father?
Thirdly, If Christ had not gone unto the Fathe• the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, had not come. If go not away, the Comforter will not come. —But wh• might not the Comforter, or the Holy Ghost, come though Christ had been here on earth, if he had n• gone unto the Father?
I answer, The gifts, graces, and comforts of th• Holy Ghost, were the Dona Regia, which were give• out upon the Coronation of Christ: for by this going to the Father he was crowned with glory and honour, […] in Heb. 2. — When the Holy Ghost comes, he do bear witness to our spirits, that we are the children of God, and God reconciled to us. But how shou• God give such a testimony of his Reconciliation un• us, if Christ had not first gone into heaven, and give up his accounts of what he had done here on earth. […] is said expressly in John 7. This spake he of the spire which they that believe on him should receive, for the H• Gh st was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glo• fied. And if Jesus Christ had not gone unto the F• there, and so sent the Spirit, how should we ha•