A77360:595
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
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.
And if you look wishly into the Scripture, and compare things with things, you shall find that Moses in the times of the Old Testament, did divide the blood of the Covenant, part whereof was sprinkled upon the Altar, poured down at the foot of the Altar, to oblige God to the Covenant. — And part of it was sprinkled upon the people, to confirm their souls in the certainty of the Covenant, and to oblige them to observe and keep Covenant with God. So, with the blood of Christ. And therefore when our Lord and Saviour Christ speaks at the Lords Supper, he saith, This Cup is the New Testament in my blood, shed for many, for the Remission of sins. The first part ⟨p. 389⟩part of the words: This Cup is the New Testament in my blood, hath regard to us, showing that our souls are to be confirmed in this, that we are in covenant with God.— The second part of the words, shed for many, for the remission of sins, relates unto God, showing the use of Christs blood, to satisfy God for our sins, and to obtain our Remission.
And if you look wishly into the Scripture, and compare things with things, you shall find that Moses in the times of the Old Testament, did divide the blood of the Covenant, part whereof was sprinkled upon the Altar, poured down at the foot of the Altar, to oblige God to the Covenant. — And part of it was sprinkled upon the people, to confirm their souls in the certainty of the Covenant, and to oblige them to observe and keep Covenant with God. So, with the blood of Christ. And therefore when our Lord and Saviour Christ speaks at the Lords Supper, he saith, This Cup is the New Testament in my blood, shed for many, for the Remission of sins. The first part ⟨p. 389⟩part of the words: This Cup is the New Testament in my blood, hath regard to us, shewing that our souls are to be confirmed in this, that we are in covenant with God.— The second part of the words, shed for many, for the remission of sins, relates unto God, shewing the use of Christs blood, to satisfie God for our sins, and to obtain our Remission.