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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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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.
Upon those that are Bad, Wicked, Ungodly, Unconverted, and to them it saith, why should not you, even you come unto God for the Grace of this New Covenant, which is confirmed by Christ the Mediator? Why should not you, you that are unconverted, go unto God the Father, and press him to give out the Grace of this Covenant to you? Hath not the Lord said, Let not the Eunuch say, I am a dry tree; only let him take hold of my Covenant. Neither let the Son of the Stranger, that ⟨p. 109⟩hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people; Only let him take hold of my Covenant, and do the things that please me.
Upon those that are Bad, Wicked, Ungodly, Unconverted, and to them it saith, why should not you, even you come unto God for the Grace of this New Covenant, which is confirmed by Christ the Mediator? Why should not you, you that are unconverted, goe unto God the Father, and presse him to give out the Grace of this Covenant to you? Hath not the Lord said, Let not the Eunuch say, I am a dry tree; onely let him take hold of my Covenant. Neither let the Son of the Stranger, that ⟨p. 109⟩hath joyned himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people; Onely let him take hold of my Covenant, and do the things that please me.