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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 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⟩as the Socinians would argue from hence; That Chris must be but Man like to Moses: For Moses truly sai• unto the Fathers, a Prophet shall the Lord your Go• raise up unto you of your Brethren, like unto me, rather as me: That is, as he raised up me; Him shal• ye hear in all things, whatsoever he shall say un• you. So that thus, As they had recourse to Mose• upon all occasions, in the time of the Old Testament▪ so now we are to have recourse unto Jesus: And thu we see what it is to come unto Jesus the Mediator o the New Covenant, in opposition unto Moses the Mediator of the Old Covenant.