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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
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And if you would know, What is the use of this Sprinkling; I say, Sprinkling of the Blood; notes Application: What are we the better for the Blood of Christ, if it be not applied to us, and sprinkled on us. There are two great Attributes of God, that we have to deal withal, in the great matter of our Redemption.— The Justice of God— and the Mercy of God. That the Justice of God might be be satisfied; Christ was made a sacrifice on the Cross, and his blood shed on Earth, that the favour of God might be obtained: Christ carries (as our great High-priest) his Blood, (the virtue of it) into Heaven, and sprinkles the Mercy-seat seven times.
And if you would know, What is the use of this Sprinkling; I say, Sprinkling of the Blood; notes Application: What are we the better for the Blood of Christ, if it be not applyed to us, and sprinkled on us. There are two great Attributes of God, that we have to deal withal, in the great matter of our Redemption.— The Justice of God— and the Mercy of God. That the Justice of God might be be satisfied; Christ was made a sacrifice on the Cross, and his blood shed on Earth, that the favour of God might be obtained: Christ carries (as our great High-priest) his Blood, (the vertue of it) into Heaven, and sprinkles the Mercy-seat seven times.
And that we might be sanctified, and reconciled to God, this Blood is sprinkled upon us too. As it's sprinkled upon the Altar, and the Mercy-seat, that God might be reconciled to us; so 'tis sprinkled upon us, that we might be sanctified & reconciled to God: And that thereby we might be assured that God is in covenant with us. As when the Jews were sprinkled with blood, the Priest saying, This is the Blood of the covenant, they were assured thereby, that they were in covenant with God: So when we are sprinkled with the blood of Jesus, we are, or may be, assured that we are in the covenant of Grace with God. And thus now you see, what this Blood of Sprinkling is,— upon what account 'tis sprinkled,— and what is the use of the sprinkling thereof. And so I ⟨p. 390⟩have done with the first General.