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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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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.
And if our Lord and Saviour should only confirm the Covenant by his death, in a way of witness-bearing, then the Martyrs that dyed for the Truth, should confirm the Covenant by their Death too, for they by their death did seal to the Truth, and did bear witness to the Truth, and so they should be said to confirm the Covenant; but far be it from us to think any such thing.
And if our Lord and Saviour should onely confirme the Covenant by his death, in a way of witnesse-bearing, then the Martyrs that dyed for the Truth, should confirme the Covenant by their Death too, for they by their death did seal to the Truth, and did bear witness to the Truth, and so they should be said to confirme the Covenant; but far be it from us to think any such thing.
But Jesus Christ did confirm the Covenant by his death thus, By performing the condition of the Covenant, and by laying down his blood a price for the mercies and blessings promised in the Covenant.