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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 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, Matth. 28. — And for the Lords Supper, What I received of the Lord, that delivered we unto you, saith the Apostle. — And for the Sabbath, The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. Go to him for your Sabbath; not to Moses, but unto him. — And for Worship, saith our Saviour Christ unto the Woman of Samaria, John 4.23. The hour cometh, and now is, when the true Worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him. You that are Samaritans, you have worshipped God; but you have not worshipped God according to his own appointment, you have not worshipped him in Truth. The Jews, they have worshipped God according to Gods appointment, but not with the Spirit: But now, the hour cometh, when men shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth. In Truth, in opposition to Samaritans, that did not worship according to appointment. — And in Spirit, in opposition to the Jews, that worshipped God Legally, and without the Spirit. Thus we must hear what Jesus saith.