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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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Look in the 10th. of Rom. The Apostle there also makes the difference between the Spirit of the Law and the Gospel. Moses (saith he, v. 5.) describeth the Righteousness which is of the Law, that the man which doth those things, shall live by them. Do, and live: but at the 6. verse, The Righteousness which is of Faith, speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, who shall ascend into Heaven; that is, to bring Christ down from above, or who shall descend into the deep. But what saith it, The Word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart. The Righteousness which is of Faith speaketh on this wise; say not in thine heart who shall ascend into Heaven: It don't hold the soul in suspense and anxiety, and fear, and trouble. Christ hath ascended, and Christ hath descended.
Look in the 10th. of Rom. The Apostle there also makes the difference between the Spirit of the Law and the Gospel. Moses (saith he, v. 5.) describeth the Righteousness which is of the Law, that the man which doth those things, shall live by them. Do, and live: but at the 6. verse, The Righteousness which is of Faith, speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, who shall ascend into Heaven; that is, to bring Christ down from above, or who shall descend into the deep. But what saith it, The Word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart. The Righteousness which is of Faith speaketh on this wise; say not in thine heart who shall ascend into Heaven: It don't hold the soul in suspence and anxiety, and fear, and trouble. Christ hath ascended, and Christ hath descended.
Quest. But you will say, May not a man that is of a Gospel spirit, and that is come to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, be full of fears? May not a good and gracious soul be full of fears about his condition?
Quest. But you will say, May not a man that is of a Gospel spirit, and that is come to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, be full of fears? May not a good and gratious soul be full of fears about his condition?