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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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6. Once more, If that you have had such a prospect of Christ crucified, and have seen what great and wonderful things Christ hath done and suffered, insomuch as your hearts have been astonied therewithal; then have your souls been sprinkled with this blood: See how they go together, Isa. 52.13, 14, 15. Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high, (speaking of Christ). As many were astonied at him, (his Visage was so ⟨p. 401⟩marred, more than any mans, and his Form, more than the Sons of men) so shall he sprinkle many Nations; the Kings shall shut their mouths at him, for that which had n•t been to•d them, shall they see, and that which they had not heard, shall they consider. Where this blood is sprinkled, there comes Astonishment at the Mirror, and Wisdom and Mystery of a crucified Christ. So that thus now you see, that we are come unto this blood of Sprinkling; and how a man shall know whether his own soul be sprinkled with this blood of sprinkling in particular. And is this a small matter?
6. Once more, If that you have had such a prospect of Christ crucified, and have seen what great and wonderful things Christ hath done and suffered, insomuch as your hearts have been astonied therewithal; then have your souls been sprinkled with this blood: See how they go together, Isa. 52.13, 14, 15. Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high, (speaking of Christ). As many were astonied at him, (his Visage was so ⟨p. 401⟩marred, more than any mans, and his Form, more than the Sons of men) so shall he sprinkle many Nations; the Kings shall shut their mouths at him, for that which had n•t been to•d them, shall they see, and that which they had not heard, shall they consider. Where this bloud is sprinkled, there comes Astonishment at the Mirror, and Wisdom and Mystery of a crucified Christ. So that thus now you see, that we are come unto this bloud of Sprinkling; and how a man shall know whether his own soul be sprinkled with this bloud of sprinkling in particular. And is this a small matter?