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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.
In case that you meet with sufferings, look upon all your sufferings as part of Christs purchase for you: Your sufferings are your servants; for all things are yours; for you are Christs, who is the Head of the Covenant.
And in case that you are under any spiritual desertion, Then praise God for his love to Jesus, when you cannot praise God for his love to you: A true Gospel spirit, will praise God the Father for his love to Christ his Son, when he cannot praise God for his love to himself, because he wants assurance.
Again, if you would yet walk up unto this condition of the Gospel (whereunto now we are come) then whatsoever you do, be sure that you do it upon Gospel Principles: Principles of Love, principles of Thankfulness, principles of Ingenuity: Principles are the springs of Actions: If your principles be Evangelical, your actions will be Evangelical; if your principles be legal, your actions will be legal: Stock therefore, and store your selves with Gospel principles, principles of Love, principles of Thankfulness, and principles of Ingenuity; doing all in the Name of Jesus, this Mediator of the Covenant.
And when you have wrought, and done all, Rest upon Jesus this Mediator, as if you had done nothing: Yet repent, work and do, as if you had no such Mediator: I say, Work, and pray, and read, and meditate, and confer, and repent, as if you had no Mediator for to rest upon, but only your works; and yet rest upon this your Mediator, as if you had done no work at all: Thus do, and thus shall you comply and comport with your Gospel state.