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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.
By his active obedience while he lived, Dan. 9.27. He shall confirm the Covenant with many for one Week. Larabbim, you read it with many, but rather he shall confirm the Covenant for many; not for all, but he shall confirm the Covenant for many for one Week.
By his active obedience while he lived, Dan. 9.27. He shall confirm the Covenant with many for one Week. Larabbim, you read it with many, but rather he shall confirm the Covenant for many; not for all, but he shall confirme the Covenant for many for one Week.
And he did confirm the Covenant also by his passive obedience, in his Death, Hebrews 9. For this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament, That by means of death for the Redemption of the transgressions that were under the first Testament, they which are called might receive the Promise. For (the Apostle explains it by a Similitude) Where a Testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the Testator. For a Testament is of force after men are dead; otherwise it is of no strength at all, whilst the Testator liveth. So that plainly then, The Lord Jesus ⟨p. 95⟩Christ did confirm the Covenant by his Death.
And he did confirme the Covenant also by his passive obedience, in his Death, Hebrews 9. For this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament, That by means of death for the Redemption of the transgressions that were under the first Testament, they which are called might receive the Promise. For (the Apostle explains it by a Similitude) Where a Testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the Testator. For a Testament is of force after men are dead; otherwise it is of no strength at all, whilst the Testator liveth. So that plainly then, The Lord Jesus