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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
Sermons › Sermon 7: The Sweetness and Profitableness of Divine Meditation. SERM. VII.
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.
It is a vehement application of the soul, unto a thing, for the Investigation and Experimental knowledge thereof. So Gerson, and others.
It is a studious action of the mind, whereby a man labours to find out some hidden truth; so Austin.
It is a studious action of the mind, whereby a man labours to find out some hidden truth; so Austine.
It is the exercise of a mans soul, whereby calling to Remembrance what he doth know already; he doth further think on't, and debate on't within himself, for his own profit and benefit; so Mr. Greenham.
But plainly and briefly thus:
It is the vehement, or intense application of the soul, unto some thing, whereby a mans mind doth ponder, dwell, and fix upon it, for his own profit and benefit.