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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
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.
6ly As the Blood of sprinkling speaks the evil of sin, so it speaks the riches and the freeness of the Love of God. 'Twas love in Jonathan to part with his Garment for David, What love is it in Christ, to part with his Blood for us? It was love that made Christ weep over Lazarus, They said, Behold how he loved him! And if his Tears speak his love, what doth his Blood? 'Tis love to give a cup of cold water to a Disciple, what is it then to give ones warm Blood unto Enemies,
6ly As the Blood of sprinkling speaks the evil of sin, so it speakes the riches and the freeness of the Love of God. 'Twas love in Jonathan to part with his Garment for David, What love is it in Christ, to part with his Blood for us? It was love that made Christ weep over Lazarus, They said, Behold how he loved him! And if his Tears speak his love, what doth his Blood? 'Tis love to give a cup of cold water to a Disciple, what is it then to give ones warm Blood unto Enemies,
Three things there are that do make a gift greatly free. 1. The greatness of the gift given,
— 2. The unworthiness of the Person given unto