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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.
11. And if indeed you be sprinkled with this blood of sprinkling, then are you at one with the Mercy-Seat: 'Tis the same blood that's sprinkled upon the Mercy-Seat in Heaven, and that's sprinkled upon your souls here on Earth: The same blood in the time of the Old Testament, that was sprinkled upon the people, was sprinkled upon the Altar, and the Mercy-seat; so the same blood that's now in Heaven, sprinkled upon the Mercy-seat, is sprinkled upon your hearts.
11. And if indeed you be sprinkled with this bloud of sprinkling, then are you at one with the Mercy-Seat: 'Tis the same blood that's sprinkled upon the Mercy-Seat in Heaven, and that's sprinkled upon your souls here on Earth: The same bloud in the time of the Old Testament, that was sprinkled upon the people, was sprinkled upon the Altar, and the Mercy-seat; so the same bloud that's now in Heaven, sprinkled upon the Mercy-seat, is sprinkled upon your hearts.
12. If you are sprinkled with this blood of sprinkling, then all the Promises are yours; for all the Promises are, Yea, and Amen in Christ: And if Christs blood be sprinkled on you, and applied to you, then may you apply the Promises to your selves.
12. If you are sprinkled with this bloud of sprinkling, then all the Promises are yours; for all the Promises are, Yea, and Amen in Christ: And if Christs bloud be sprinkled on you, and applied to you, then may you apply the Promises to your selves.
13. And if indeed, you be sprinkled with this blood of sprinkling, then are all things clean unto you; for as the blood of sprinkling, is sprinkled upon your souls, so are all your Enjoyments be sprinkled with it.