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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.
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.
As in the times of the Old Testament befo e Christ came in the flesh, there were Altars; so shall Antichrist have.
And as in the time of the Old Testament before Christ came in the flesh, here were Sacrifices; so shall Antichrist have his unbloody Sacrifices.
As then, they turned into a Covenant of Works, so shall Antichrist also do. Thus, the more Legal, and of an Old Testament stamp, your Worship is, the more Antichristian 'tis. Now is it not a dangerous thing to have our Worship Antichristian Worship in these Gospel-days?
As then, they turned into a Covenant of Works, so shall Antichrist also do. Thus, the more Legal, and of an Old Testament stamp, your Worsh•p is, the more Antichristian 'tis. Now is it not a dangerous thing to have our Worship Antich•istian Worship in these Gospel-dayes?
4. But again, The Apostle Paul tells us, That th• Inheritance is not to the Bond-woman: there wer two Women in Arahams house, Hagar the Bond-woman, and Sarah the Free-woman; and these wer Types of the Law and the Gospel, saith the Apostle The Inheritance is not to the Bondwoman, cast he out; but the Inheritance is to the Free-woman, an to her Children: So then, the Inheritance is not […]