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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, 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.
But friends, This ought not to be: for you know what the Lord saith from Heaven concerning Christ, Hear ye him. Once, in the 3d. of Matth. ye have those words from Heaven over Christ, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. And a second time ye have those words at the Transfiguration, in the 17 of Matth. 5. This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye him. — Why are those words (hear ye him) added here? In the 3d. of Matth. these words are not added, but only thus; This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. There 'tis not said, hear ye him, but in the 17 of Matth. 'tis said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, ⟨p. 360⟩hear ye him.— Why is hear ye him added here?— Why, if you look into the former verse, ye find, Peter answered and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if thou wilt, let us make here three Tabernacles, one for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. Moses gave out the Law,— and Elijah restored the Law: now they being present; now comes the voice, hear ye him: That is, not Moses, not Elijah, but now hear ye him, in opposition to Moses, in opposition unto Elijah, hear ye him.