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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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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.
And thus shall all your Convictions, Graces, and your duties, be refined; you shall have much in a little room: A legal work may be great for the bulk, yet be but little; a Gospel work though but little, hath a great deal in it, for 'tis refined.
And thus also shall you have the wedding Garment on: For pray, What is the wedding Garment, but a Gospel disposition, suitable to a Gospel dispensation; this is the wedding Garment. Not Faith, nor Repentance, nor this, nor that particular Grace, But a Gospel disposition, suitable to a Gospel dispensation, is the wedding Garment; and thus shall you be clothed with it.
And thus also shall you have the wedding Garment on: For pray, What is the wedding Garment, but a Gospel disposition, sutable to a Gospel dispensation; this is the wedding Garment. Not Faith, nor Repentance, nor this, nor that particular Grace, But a Gospel disposition, sutable to a Gospel dispensation, is the wedding Garment; and thus shall you be cloathed with it.