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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.
In the times of the Old Testament, they came […] Moses for the Law (under God,) and they receiv• ⟨p. 355⟩the Law from his mouth: What saith Moses? was the saying then. So now in these times of the Gospel, we are to have recourse unto Jesus, and to receive the Law at his mouth, What saith Jesus? And therefore saith our Saviour, It hath been said unto you, Thou shalt not kill; and, Thou shalt not commit Adultery: But I say unto you, and I say unto you — Why? — What, because (as the Socinians would) Christ made any addition to the Law? No: but because now (as for other Reasons) we are to receive the Law from his mouth, from the mouth of Jesus.
In the times of the Old Testament, they came 〈…〉 Moses for the Law (under God,) and they receiv• ⟨p. 355⟩the Law from his mouth: What saith Moses? was the saying then. So now in these times of the Gospel, we are to have recourse unto Jesus, and to receive the Law at his mouth, What saith Jesus? And therefore saith our Saviour, It hath been said unto you, Thou shalt not kill; and, Thou shalt not commit Adultery: But I say unto you, and I say unto you — Why? — What, because (as the Socinians would) Christ made any addition to the Law? No: but because now (as for other Reasons) we are to receive the Law from his mouth, from the mouth of Jesus.
And, as in the times of the Old Testament, they had recourse to Moses for their Church, and their Church State: He it was that did give the Tabernacle (under God) and the way of the Tabernacle: So now in the times of the New Testament, we are to have recourse to Jesus, What saith Jesus to a Church-way; Not, What saith Moses, now: And therefore, saith Christ, If thy Brother offend thee, tell him of it; and if he hear not, call two or three; and if he mind not, then tell it to the Church; and if he hear not the Church, let him be as a Heathen or Publican to you; for when two or three are gathered together in my Name, I am in the midst of them,