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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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6. But then sixthly, what are those doctrinal Corollaries, or practical duties, that do flow from hence?
6. But then sixthly, what are those doctrinal Corrolaries, or practical duties, that do flow from hence?
1. If Jesus be the Mediator of the New Covenant, what an evil thing is it, and unreasonable, for men to think, or speak, or do any thing that may reflect upon this Mediator of the New Covenant, or to sin against this New Covenant? There are some Opinions that do reflect and cast a black reflection upon Jesus the Mediator of the Covenant.
The Socinian tells us, that Jesus is a Mediator, such a one as Moses was, to declare the mind of God unto us; but not a Mediator in way of satisfaction, to satisfy Gods wrath.
The Socinian tells us, that Jesus is a Mediator, such a one as Moses was, to declare the mind of God unto us; but not a Mediator in way of satisfaction, to satisfie Gods wrath.