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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 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.
And to say no more in it, but this: In the times of the Old Testament, they had recourse to Moses for their Rest. M•ses was to lead them up to Canaan, and the Land of Rest: And so now in the times of the New Testament, we are to have recourse to Jesus for our Rest; for saith he himself: Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Thus, as in the times of the Old Testament, they were upon all occasions to have recourse to Moses: So now in the times of the New Testament, upon all occasions, we are to have recourse to Jesus, the Mediator of the New Testament; for saith the Lord by Moses, in the 18. of Deut. 18. v. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their Brethren, like unto thee, (rather, as thee) that is, as I raised up thee; and will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. Which the Apostle applies unto Christ, Acts 3.22. For Moses truly said unto the Fathers, a Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your Brethren, like unto me (rather, as me, [Greek or Hebrew] as me) that is, as he raised up me, not like unto me, ⟨p. 358⟩