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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 if God be reconciled unto you, then Christ hath mediated for you; now God the Father is reconciled to you, for if you be reconciled to God, and the things of God, then God is reconciled to you. Pray tell me, were you not an Enemy once to the good ways of God, and the things of God? Yes; — And are you not reconciled now to the things of God? — Yes, I confess I am: Well, if you be reconciled to the things of God, God is reconciled to you; and if God be reconciled to you, I am sure Christ hath mediated for you. Luther was wont to say, The only way to make God our Friend, is to cast our selves into his arms when he seems to be our Enemy. Thus have you done, (poor soul?) when God hath seemed to be your Enemy, then have you cast your selves into the arms of God? surely then God is reconciled unto you, and Christ is your Mediator.
But if God be reconciled unto you, then Christ hath mediated for you; now God the Father is reconciled to you, for if you be reconciled to God, and the things of God, then God is reconciled to you. Pray tell me, were you not an Enemy once to the good wayes of God, and the things of God? Yes; — And are you not reconciled now to the things of God? — Yes, I confesse I am: Well, if you be reconciled to the things of God, God is reconciled to you; and if God be reconciled to you, I am sure Christ hath mediated for you. Luther was wont to say, The onely way to make God our Friend, is to cast our selves into his armes when he seems to be our Enemy. Thus have you done, (poor soul?) when God hath seem'd to be your Enemy, then have you cast your selves into the armes of God? surely then God is reconciled unto you, and Christ is your Mediator.
Again, If you be the Seed of Christ, then Christ is your Mediator, and Christ hath, and doth mediate for you; for he is a Mediator for his Seed. Now mark it, there are but two Seeds, the Seed of the Woman, and the Seed of the Serpent; I will put Enmity between thy ⟨p. 108⟩Seed and the Seed of the Woman. There are but two Seeds: how think you, are you the Seed of the Serpent? Either you are Christ's Seed, or the Seed of the Serpent, and that's an hissing Seed, an opposing Seed: Do you think you are the Seed of the Serpent? No, I hope I am not the Seed of the Serpent; why, then you are the Seed of Christ, and Christ doth mediate for you: Now then humble your selves for all your unbelief, and lay the weight of your guilty Soul upon this sweet Covenant of Grace, for Jesus is the Mediator of it.