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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.
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The Socinians would make the World believe, that Christ did confirm the Covenant by his death, in a way of Testimony and witness-bearing only; for say they, Christ preached the Gospel while he lived, and when he dyed, he did by his death seal it, and confirm the truth thereof: thus they say, that Christ did confirm the Covenant by his death, only in a way of witness-bearing, in a way of Testimony.
The Socinians would make the World believe, that Christ did confirme the Covenant by his death, in a way of Testimony and witnesse-bearing onely; for say they, Christ preached the Gospel while he liv'd, and when he dyed, he did by his death seal it, and confirme the truth thereof: thus they say, that Christ did confirme the Covenant by his death, onely in a way of witnesse-bearing, in a way of Testimony.
But surely this cannot be it, for if Christ did confirm the Covenant by his death; he confirmed not the Covenant only by witness-bearing to the truth, for so the Apostles might be said to confirm the Covenant, for in the 2 Heb. 3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great Salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.
But surely this cannot be it, for if Christ did confirme the Covenant by his death; he confirmed not the Covenant onely by witnesse-bearing to the truth, for so the Apostles might be said to confirme the Covenant, for in the 2 Heb. 3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great Salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.