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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Why, great was his advancement as Mediator.
Why, great was his advancement as Mediatour.
For 1. No sooner did he come unto the Father, but he was Invested with all that glory that he had with God the Father from all Eternity, which he had laid by and veiled, when he took our nature upon him: and therefore in Joh. 17. saith he, And now, oh Father, glorify thou me with thy self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. No sooner did he come into heaven unto his Father, but he was invested with that glory again, that he had veiled to take our nature upon him.
For 1. No sooner did he come unto the Father, but he was Invested with all that glory that he had with God the Father from all Eternity, which he had laid by and vailed, when he took our nature upon him: and therefore in Joh. 17. saith he, And now, oh Father, glorifie thou me with thy self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. No sooner did he come into heaven unto his Father, but he was invested with that glory again, that he had vailed to take our nature upon him.
2. No sooner did he come into the presence of his Father, into heaven, but God commanded all ⟨p. 8⟩the Angels to worship him: Worship him all ye Angels.