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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.
4. As you have the assurance of his Delight, so you have the assurance of his Name and Title, JESUS, Jesus the Mediator of the Covenant. — why Jesus? why not Christ? why not Jesus Christ, as in other Scriptures?
4. As you have the assurance of his Delight, so you have the assurance of his Name and Title, JESƲS, Jesus the Mediator of the Covenant. — why Jesus? why not Christ? why not Jesus Christ, as in other Scriptures?
Look into the Book of the Hebrews, and you shall find frequently that Christ is called Jesus, — Why? because this Title was more suitable to the Priestly Office of Christ, which the Apostle is opening in the Book of the Hebrews. — It notes also the Deity of Christ: Jesus signifies Saviour; they go here together, Jesus the Mediator, — Why? because as he is a Mediator in order to our salvation, so he is a Saviour in the way of Mediation; Therefore they go here together. And therefore as Jesus is able to save to the uttermost, so as Mediator he will perform this work of Mediation to the uttermost. And thus now I have done with the third thing, namely, That Jesus hath undertaken this work, To mediate between God and us, and he will certainly carry it on unto due perfection.
Look into the Book of the Hebrews, and you shall find frequently that Christ is called Jesus, — Why? because this Title was more sutable to the Priestly Office of Christ, which the Apostle is opening in the Book of the Hebrews. — It notes also the Deity of Christ: Jesus signifies Saviour; they go here together, Jesus the Mediator, — Why? because as he is a Mediator in order to our salvation, so he is a Saviour in the way of Mediation; Therefore they go here together. And therefore as Jesus is able to save to the uttermost, so as Mediator he will perform this work of Mediation to the uttermost. And thus now I have done with the third thing, namely, That Jesus hath undertaken this work, To mediate between God and us, and he will certainly carry it on unto due perfection.