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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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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.
Againe, 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.
3. Lastly, This Doctrine methinks looks very wishly upon all sorts; — It looks wishly upon those that are good, and upon those that are bad; It looks wishly upon those that are Godly, and upon those that are Ungodly; upon those that are Converted, and upon those that are not Converted.