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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. But then Fourthly, How, and in what respects is Jesus said to be the Mediator of the New Covenant?
Upon a threefold account.
Upon the account of stipulation, — Upon the account of Confirmation, — Upon the account of Suretyship.
Upon the account of stipulation, — Upon the account of Confirmation, — Upon the account of Suretiship.
First, He is the Mediator of the New Covenant upon the account of stipulation, for he it was that did strike the Covenant for us with God the Father. See what is said in 2 Tim. 1. Who hath saved us, saith the Apostle, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the World began. So that there was a Treatment between God the Father and Christ ⟨p. 94⟩concerning us; and Christ received grace for us before the World began. — And as the first Adam did strike the Covenant of works with God the Father for his Seed, so Jesus did strike the Covenant of grace for his Seed with God the Father, and so called the second Adam. A Mediator therefore of the New Covenant he is, in regard of stipulation, he it was that struck up the Covenant first with the Father.