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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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2. Sometimes we sin against the Covenant, by altering the mould and the frame of the Covenant, by hanging our conditions upon Gods Covenant, our pad-lock upon Gods door.
2. Sometimes we sin against the Covenant, by altering the mold and the frame of the Covenant, by hanging our conditions upon Gods Covenant, our pad-lock upon Gods door.
3. Sometimes we sin against the Covenant, by slighting that Great Ordinance of the Lords Supper, concerning which Christ hath said, ⟨p. 105⟩This Cup is the New Testament in my blood: To slight it, saying, these are low things, we are above Ordinances, and these are carnal things, now thus to slight it, is to sin directly against the Covenant.
3. Sometimes we sin against the Covenant, by slighting that Great Ordinance of the Lords Supper, concerning which Christ hath said, ⟨p. 105⟩This Cup is the New Testament in my blood: To slight it, saying, these are low things, we are above Ordinances, and these are carnall things, now thus to slight it, is to sin directly against the Covenant.
4. Sometimes we sin against the Covenant, by our unbelief and doubting. But