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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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9. To say no more in it but this: In the times of the Old Testament God spake by Visions, and Dreams, and Signs: But now in these latter days, he hath spoken by his Son; and we have a more sure word of Prophecy, whereunto we do well that we take heed. So that thus you see that there is a difference, and what the difference is between the way of the Old, and New Testament, between an Old Testament, and a New Testament spirit.
9. To say no more in it but this: In the times of the Old Testament God spake by Visions, and Dreams, and Signs: But now in these latter days, he hath spoken by his Son; and we have a more sure word of Prophesie, whereunto we do well that we take heed. So that thus you see that there is a difference, and what the difference is between the way of the Old, and New Testament, between an Old Testament, and a New Testament spirit.
Fourthly, But then 4ly. Suppose now that I have recourse too much to M•ses in these Gospel times, and not enough unto Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant; Suppose I be legal in these Gospel times, is there any great danger in it?
F•urthly, But then 4ly. Suppose now that I have recourse too much to M•ses in these Gospel times, and not enough unto Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant; Suppose I be legal in these Gospel times, is there any great danger in it?
Much, very much: And I pray consider it, that we may be all found upon Gospel ground, in this Gospel day. Danger, I say, much. For,