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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.
1. He was but a Typical Mediator; and therefore look how much the thing Typified goes beyond the type, the substance goes beyond the shadow: so much doth our Mediator go beyond theirs.
2. Again, Though Moses was a Mediator between God and them, yet he was but mere man; but J sus the Mediator of the New Covenant, is God and man; very God, and very man. In Rom. 9.5. Whose are the Fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, there's his Manhood. Who is over all, God blessed for ever, Amen. God, truly, not nuncupatively; truly God, and truly man.
2. Again, Though Moses was a Mediator between God and them, yet he was but meer man; but J sus the Mediator of the New Covenant, is God and man; very God, and very man. In Rom. 9.5. Wh•se are the Fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, there's his Manhood. Who is over all, God blessed for ever, Amen. God, truly, not nuncupatively; truly God, and truly man.
3. Again, Though Moses was a Mediator, and did stand between God and them in the time of the Old Testament, yet notwithstanding he was unwilling to undertake the work: Send by whom thou wilt, saith he: But now this our Jesus saith, Lo, I come, I delight to do thy Will.