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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.
Do you say, I cannot walk with God as I ought? why, saith the Lord in the Covenant, I will cause you to walk in my ways.
Do you say, I cannot walk with God as I ought? why, saith the Lord in the Covenant, I will cause you to walk in my wayes.
Do you say, I fear I shall fall away, and go to hell at last? why, saith the Lord in the Covenant, I will put my fear into your hearts, and you shall not depart from me. — These, even these besides Heaven, and besides the blessings of this Earth, so all these blessings are promised in the Covenant of Grace; and if Christ be the Mediator of the New Covenant, then do these blessing• belong to you, for he is Surety, as well as Mediator. But
Do you say, I fear I shall fall away, and goe to hell at last? why, saith the Lord in the Covenant, I will put my fear into your hearts, and you shall not depart from me. — These, even these besides Heaven, and besides the blessings of this Earth, so all these blessings are promised in the Covenant of Grace; and if Christ be the Mediator of the New Covenant, then do these blessing• belong to you, for he is Surety, as well as Mediator. But
5. Is it not a great matter to have the Lor• Jesus to interpose between God the Father an• ⟨p. 101⟩you, to take up all differences as they may arise? why, if Jesus be the Mediator of the Covenant, so it is, If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous, who is the propitiation for our sins.