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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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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.
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 onely 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.
Which that you may do, consider, This is that you are now called unto; you are now come to Jesus, not to Moses; you are now come to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant: Why then; As in the time of the Old Testament, they had recourse unto Moses, so now in the times of the New Testament, ye are in all things to have recourse unto Jesus: What saith Jesus to this business? Here's Worship, What saith Jesus to it? Here's an Ordinance, What saith Jesus to it? Here's an Officer of the Church, What saith Jesus to it? This is suitable unto the state that now you are come unto.
Which that you may do, consider, This is that you are now called unto; you are now come to Jesus, not to Moses; you are now come to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant: VVhy then; As in the time of the Old Testament, they had recourse unto Moses, so now in the times of the New Testament, ye are in all things to have recourse unto Jesus: VVhat saith Jesus to this business? Here's VVorship, VVhat saith Jesus to it? Here's an Ordinance, VVhat saith Jesus to it? Here's an Officer of the Church, VVhat saith Jesus to it? This is suitable unto the state that now you are come unto.