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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.
Well but though in these Gospel-times we are now come to the blood of Jesus, the blood of sprinkling; yet, it may be, this blood of sprinkling may not be sprinkled upon my soul. When may the blood of sprinkling be said to be sprinkled upon a mans soul? How shall I know, whether this blood of sprinkling be sprinkled upon my soul in particular; that's a Question of great Concernment: Thus therefore,
1. If it be your great work in all your Temptations, and upon all Occasions to apply your selves unto the blood of Jesus, then is the blood of Jesus applied to you, and so sprinkled on you: The blood of Jesus is sprinkled on us by the Spirit of God, and when it's sprinkled by the Spirit of God, it is applied. If you do make applications of your selves to Christ, certainly Christ hath made applications of Himself to you: for all our grace is but a reflection of his Grace; we love him, because he loved us ⟨p. 398⟩first, and we choose him because he chose us first, and we apply our selves to him, because he hath applied himself unto us first. If therefore in all Temptations, and upon all occasions, it be your great work to make an application of your selves unto the blood of Jesus, then hath the blood of Jesus been applied to you, and sprinkled upon you.
1. If it be your great work in all your Temptations, and upon all Occasions to apply your selves unto the blood of Jesus, then is the blood of Jesus applyed to you, and so sprinkled on you: The blood of Jesus is sprinkled on us by the Spirit of God, and when it's sprinkled by the Spirit of God, it is applyed. If you do make applications of your selves to Christ, certainly Christ hath made applications of Himself to you: for all our grace is but a reflexion of his Grace; we love him, because he loved us ⟨p. 398⟩first, and we choose him because he chose us first, and we apply our selves to him, because he hath applyed himself unto us first. If therefore in all Temptations, and upon all occasions, it be your great work to make an application of your selves unto the blood of Jesus, then hath the blood of Jesus been applyed to you, and sprinkled upon you.