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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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2. Observe what those things are that are commanded by Moses, in the Old-Testament, and go unto Jesus the Mediator of the New Testament, for grace to perform them. There is nothing commanded in the Old Testament, but it's promised in the New. There is nothing commanded by Moses in the Old Testament, but Christ the Mediator of the New Testament, is engaged to perform it for you, and to give you grace to do it: The Law commands, and Grace helps: The Law was given by Moses, but Grace and Truth, comes by Jesus Christ. Observe therefore, what that is that is commanded by Moses in the Old, and go to Jesus the Mediator of the New, for Grace and Strength to do the same.
2. Observe what those things are that are commanded by Moses, in the Old-Testament, and go unto Jesus the Mediator of the New Testament, for grace to perform them. There is nothing commanded in the Old Testament, but it's promised in the New. There is nothing commanded by Moses in the Old Testament, but Christ the Mediator of the New Testament, is ingaged to perform it for you, and to give you grace to do it: The Law commands, and Grace helps: The Law was given by Moses, but Grace and Truth, comes by Jesus Christ. Observe therefore, what that is that is commanded by Moses in the Old, and go to Jesus the Mediator of the New, for Grace and Strength to do the same.
3. Then be sure that you stand when the Spirit breathes: Now the Spirit brea•hes— in the pure and clean preaching of the Gospel: Received ye the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by the hearing of Faith? Would you be brought off from Moses, and stand clear from Moses; choose to stand under such a Preaching, where the Spirit breathes, and that's a Gospel Preaching.
3. Then be sure that you stand when the Spirit breathes: Now the Spirit brea•hes— in the pure and clean preaching of the Gospel: Received ye the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by the hearing of Faith? VVould you be brought off from Moses, and stand clear from Moses; choose to stand under such a Preaching, where the Spirit breathes, and that's a Gospel Preaching.