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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 5: The Way and Spirit of the New Covenant, or New Testament. SERM. V.
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.
The latter part of the Doctrine you have in the words of the Text, and the former part in the Context; for, saith the Apostle, Ye are not come unto the Mount that might be touched, to Mount Sinai: But ye •re come unto Mount Zion, and ye are come unto Jesus •he Mediator of the New Covenant. So that now in •hese Gospel-times, we are not come to Moses, the mediator of the Old Covenant; but to Jesus, the mediator of the New Testament.
The latter part of the Doctrine you have in the words of the Text, and the former part in the Con•ext; for, saith the Apostle, Ye are not come unto the Mount that might be touched, to Mount Sinai: But ye •re come unto Mount Sion, and ye are come unto Jesus •he Mediator of the New Covenant. So that now in •hese Gospel-times, we are not come to Moses, the •ediator of the Old Covenant; but to Jesus, the •ediator of the New Testament.
For the opening and prosecuting whereof,
First, We must inquire, What is here meant by •oming unto Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, ⟨p. 354⟩in opposition to Moses, the Mediator of the Old Covenant.