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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.
9. Thereby Christ is made welcome by his Father, when he comes into Heaven in your name, to intercede for you. In the times of the Old Testament, the high Priest went into the Holy of holiest, and carried blood, and sprinkled the Mercy-Seat seven times: But the high Priest did not sit down. Now in the 10. of Heb. 11. it's said: And every high Priest standeth daily ministering, and offering often times the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one ⟨p. 403⟩sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down at the right Hand of God the Father. The high Priest did not then sit down, but now when Christ comes into Heaven with your names upon his Heart, to sprinkle the Mercy-Seat with his blood; Come my Son, saith the Father, sit down and welcome, upon this account.
9. Thereby Christ is made welcome by his Father, when he comes into Heaven in your name, to intercede for you. In the times of the Old Testament, the high Priest went into the Holy of holiest, and carried bloud, and sprinkled the Mercy-Seat seven times: But the high Priest did not sit down. Now in the 10. of Heb. 11. it's said: And every high Priest standeth dayly ministring, and offering often times the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one