A77360:67
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.
Now that he is in heaven, all power is given into his hand, and therefore now certainly he will be as gracious, and communicative in his love and goodness, as if he had been here on earth; and rather over and above. Surely therefore it is our work and our duty, to rejoice in this Exaltment of Christ, though in some respects it may be to our debasement, or present loss. But then
Now that he is in heaven, all power is given into his hand, and therefore now certainly he will be as gracious, and communicative in his love and goodnesse, as if he had been here on earth; and rather over and above. Surely therefore it is our work and our duty, to rejoyce in this Exaltment of Christ, though in some respects it may be to our debasement, or present losse. But then
Thirdly, How shall we do this?
Why, true love to the Person of Christ will enable us to do this: It will enable us to rejoice in the Personal Exaltment of Christ, though it may be to our own present loss and abasement. —It is a sweet thing to the Lover, to suffer for the Person loved: that is, where love sixth upon the Person, and not upon the benefits, If love be sixth upon the benefit, it is not so, but if upon the person, it is so: So if our love be sixth upon the Person of Christ, this love will enable us to rejoice in the Exaltment of Christ, though it be in our own debasement: Christ rejoiced in our Exaltment, though it was to his own debasement, —why? because he loved our persons, who loved us, and gave himself for us, So that true love unto the Person of Christ, will make us rejoice in his Exaltment, though it may be to our own present debasement,
Why, true love to the Person of Christ will enable us to do this: It will enable us to rejoyce in the Personall Exaltment of Christ, though it may be to our own present losse and abasement. —It is a sweet thing to the Lover, to suffer for the Person loved: that is, where love fixt upon the Person, and not upon the benefits, If love be fixt upon the benefit, it is not so, but if upon the person, it is so: So if our love be fixt upon the Person of Christ, this love will enable us to rejoyce in the Exaltment of Christ, though it be in our own debasement: Christ rejoyced in our Exaltment, though it was to his own debasement, —why? because he loved our persons, who loved us, and gave himself for us, So that true love unto the Person of Christ, will make us rejoyce in his Exaltment, though it may be to our own present debasement,