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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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4. But then fourthly, If we are come unto Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, why then, why should you not come to Jesus? If you be come, why should you not come? That is, if you be come in regard of your state, why should you not come in regard of act, in a way of believing. You are ⟨p. 377⟩come unto him in regard of your state; why should you not come unto him in regard of your faith, come unto him in a way of believing. Some think, oh 'tis presumption to come to Christ, and to believe and lay hold on Christ: But friends, 'Tis no presumption for any man to do that act, that is suitable to his state; 'tis no presumption to act according to my state that God hath brought me to: Now this is our state; in regard of state, we are come to Jesus, and therefore why should we not come to Jesus also in a way of believing. Especially seeing he hath said, Those that come unto me, I will in no wise cast out.
4. But then fourthly, If we are come unto Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, why then, why should you not come to Jesus? If you be come, why should you not come? That is, if you be come in regard of your state, why should you not come in regard of act, in a way of believing. You are ⟨p. 377⟩come unto him in regard of your state; why should you not come unto him in regard of your faith, come unto him in a way of believing. Some think, oh 'tis presumption to come to Christ, and to believe and lay hold on Christ: But friends, 'Tis no presumption for any man to do that act, that is sutable to his state; 'tis no presumption to act according to my state that God hath brought me to: Now this is our state; in regard of state, we are come to Jesus, and therefore why should we not come to Jesus also in a way of believing. Especially seeing he hath said, Those that come unto me, I will in no wise cast out.
5. If we be come unto Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, and not unto Moses: Why then should we not all stand clear from Moses, and come fully off to Jesus, the Mediator of the New Covenant?