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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 still; when they wanted Bread, he (under God) gave them Manna, and he gave them water out of the Rock: So now, in the times of the New Testament, we are to have recourse to Jesus for our Bread. In John 6. saith Christ, Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for the mea• ⟨p. 357⟩that endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you, for him hath God the Father sealed.
And as then in the times of the Old Testament, they had recourse to Moses still; when they wanted Bread, he (under God) gave them Manna, and he gave them water out of the Rock: So now, in the times of the New Testament, we are to have recourse to Jesus for our Bread. In John 6. saith Christ, Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for the mea• ⟨p. 357⟩that indureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you, for him hath God the Father sealed.
And as in the times of the Old Testament, they had much recourse to Moses for their Faith: If they could not believe, Moses wrought miracles before them, and they believed. Insomuch as its said in the 14. of Exod. last, And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians, and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his Servant Moses. But now what saith Jesus, Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in me. Not in God, and in Moses; but, ye believe in God, believe also in me.