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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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.
This New Covenant confirmed by Christ Jesus the Mediator, either it is confirmed for Saints only, or for Sinners also, that are Sinners for the present.
If for Saints only, why doth the Lord say, I will write my Law in your hearts? Surely therefore it is for some, in whose heart Gods Law is not yet written. And if this Covenant doth extend to such, who as yet have not the Law written, the Law of Grace written in their hearts, Oh what encouragement is here for a poor sinner to go to God, and say, Lord thou hast made this Covenant, and Christ hath confirmed it, and he is the Mediator of it; now this Law is not yet written in my heart; O make good thy Covenant, and write thy Law in my heart.