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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.
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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, Matth. 18. We are to hear what Jesus saith in this matter, and not what Moses.
And, as then, in the times of the Old Testament, they had recourse to Moses (under God) for their Ministry; and Moses did direct them unto Priests and Levites for their Ministers: So now in the times of the New Testament, we are to have recourse to Jesus for our Ministry; and therefore saith the Apostle, He hath set in the Church Pastors and Teachers: And in Ephes. 4. He hath ascended up on high, and he hath given gifts unto Men, Pastors a•d Teachers, and the like. We are to hear what Jesus saith now, and not what Moses, for our Ministry.
And as in the times of the Old Testament, they had then recourse unto Moses for the Ordinances, for their Sabbaths, for their Sacraments, and for their Worship: So now in the times of the New Testament, we are to hear what Jesus saith, and to have recourse to him for these things. — Go, saith our Saviour Christ, and teach all Nations, baptizing them, and teaching them to observe and do what I command you,