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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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They say that Christ is Mediator, but according to his humane nature only, whereas the Apostle saith expressly, that he offered up himself through the ⟨p. 104⟩Eternal Spirit: Thus they reflect upon this Mediator.
They say that Christ is Mediator, but according to his humane nature only, whereas the Apostle saith expresly, that he offered up himself through the ⟨p. 104⟩Eternal Spirit: Thus they reflect upon this Mediator.
And for practise, Is it not a great reflection upon this Mediator for us to think, that we our selves by our own Tears, and Fastings, and Humiliations, can reconcile God unto us, or pacify Gods Anger, or make an Atonement for a Nation.
And for practise, Is it not a great reflection upon this Mediator for us to think, that we our selves by our own Tears, and Fastings, and Humiliations, can reconcile God unto us, or pacifie Gods Anger, or make an Attonement for a Nation.
Is it not a very great reflection upon this Mediator to say, O my sins are greater then can be forgiven? Is not this a very blameable reflection upon this Mediator of the New Covenant?