A77360:620
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.
2. As for the Persons given unto, who more unworthy then sinful men?
2. As for the Persons given unto, who more unworthy then sinfull men?
3. As for the Person that doth give, who greater then God in the three Persons? The Father gives Christ to die: The Son dies and gives his Blood: And the Holy-Ghost comes and sprinkles it; for it is the work of the Holy-Ghost to sprinkle: this is another thing that the Blood of Jesus speaks; It speaks the Riches and the freeness of the love of God: these are the things that this blood of sprinkling speaketh.
3. As for the Person that doth give, who greater then God in the three Persons? The Father gives Christ to die: The Son dies and gives his Blood: And the Holy-Ghost comes and sprinkles it; for it is the work of the Holy-Ghost to sprinkle: this is another thing that the Blood of Jesus speaks; It speakes the Riches and the freeness of the love of God: these are the things that this blood of sprinkling speaketh.
And now if you ask, How, and in what respects it speaketh better things than Abel, or then that of Abel: (For it may be translated both ways according to the several copies, But take it according to our translation: better than that of Abel, or then the blood of Abel.) How and in what respects doth the blood of Jesus speak better things than the blood of Abel?