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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.
To all which I answer,
Answ. Yes, very much: For,
First, You must know that affections are give• to God in Scripture, according to effects and dispensations sometimes.
First, You must know that affections are give• to God in Scripture, according to effects and dispensations somtimes.
Sometimes God is said to love or hate in reference to his eternal Decree, so Rom. 9. Jacob ha• I loved, and Esau have I hated, before they had do• good or evil.