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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 I pray what think you, Are there not very many that live under the Gospel, in whom sin reigns? Yes, many live under the Gospel in whom sin reigns: ⟨p. 359⟩And saith the Apostle, Let not sin reign in your mortal bodies, for ye are not under the Law, but under Grace. If you be under the Law, then sin will reign in you: And what's the reason that sin reigns in many that live under the Gospel, but because they are under the Law. As there were two in A•rahams house, the Bond-woman, and the Free-woman, Hagar and Sarah. So in these Gospel Times, there will be some that shall be freely for the Grace of God, and the Covenant of Grace; some again, that will turn in to the Covenant of works, and be Legal and Mosaical.
And, If that we be Legal and Mosaical in these Gospel times, we shall be more Legal, •nd more Mosaical than before. As when a Servant was bound, and the year of freedom came, and he might go free, and would not, then his ear was bored, and he was to be a servant for ever: So now; for what is our Gospel time, but a time of Spiritual freedom: And if men will be servants still, and under the Law still, their ears are bored, and they are more Mosaical and more Legal than before.
And, If that we be Legal and Mosaical in these Gospel times, we shall be more L•gal, •nd more Mosaical than before. As when a Servant was bound, and the year of freedom came, and he might go free, and would not, then his ear was bor'd, and he was to be a servant for ever: So now; for what is our Gospel time, but a time of Spiritual freedom: And if men will be servants still, and under the Law still, their ears are bor'd, and they are more Mosaical and more Legal than before.