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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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5. If you are indeed separated and set apart for God, and for the Work and Service of God, then is the blood of Jesus sprinkled upon you: He that is dipped in this blood of sprinkling, is separated. You shall observe, that when the Priests were Consecrated, the tip of the right Ear was sprinkled with blood, and the Thumb of the right hand, and the Toe of the right Foot:— And not only the Priests, when they were consecrated were so sprinkled: But when a man was cleansed from his Leprosy, he was so sprinkled also. You have them both in Levi•. concerning Aaron, Levit. 8.23. He slew the Ram, and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of ⟨p. 400⟩his right hand, and upon the great Toe of his right foot: This in regard of Aaron.— In regard of the Leprosy, you have it in the 14 of Levit. And of the rest of the Oil that is in his hand, shall the Priest put upon the tip of the right Ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the Thumb of his right hand, and upon the great Toe of his right Foot, upon the blood of the Trespass-offering: And so in regard of Blood, as well as of Oil — what's the meaning of this, that the tip of the right ear was to be touched with blood, and the thumb of the right hand was to be touched with blood; and the toe of the right foot with blood, both when the Priest was consecrated, and when the Leprosy was cleansed? But to show thus much, That the whole man is to be set a part for God.— The Ear of his understanding and knowing part, is to be set aside for God. — The Thumb of his hand, the believing part, (by Faith we lay hold) is to be set apart for God.— And the great Toe of the right foot, the Practical part of life and conversation: The whole man is to be set apart for God, where this sprinkling comes: So that look therefore, when a man is set apart for the Worship and Service of God, Ear, and Hand, and Foot, set a part for the Worship and Service of God; then he is said to be sprinkled with this blood of Sprinkling.
5. If you are indeed separated and set apart for God, and for the Work and Service of God, then is the blood of Iesus sprinkled upon you: He that is dipt in this bloud of sprinkling, is separated. You shall observe, that when the Priests were Consecrated, the tip of the right Ear was sprinkled with bloud, and the Thumb of the right hand, and the Toe of the right Foot:— And not onely the Priests, when they were consecrated were so sprinkled: But when a man was cleansed from his Leprosie, he was so sprinkled also. You have them both in Levi. concerning Aaron,