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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.
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First, There must be the application of the soul, to some thing; and therefore sometimes it is expressed by laying of a thing to heart: The Righteous are taken away, and no man lays it to heart; no man considers on't: If ye will not lay these things to heart, Mal. 2.2. &c.
First, There must be the application of the soul, to some thing; and therefore sometimes it is expressed by laying of a thing to heart: The Righteous are taken away, and no man layes it to heart; no man considers on't: If ye will not lay these things to heart, Mal. 2.2. &c.
And as there must be an Application, so there must be a vehement and intense Application of the soul, unto a thing. For every Consideration don't make Meditation: Consideration heightened, makes Meditation.
And as there must be an Application, so there must be a vehement and intense Application of the soul, unto a thing. For every Consideration don't make Meditation: Consideration heightned, makes Meditation.
Meditation is the work of the whole soul: The Mind acts, and the Memory acts, and the Affections act; Let the Words of my mouth, and the Meditations of my heart: It is an intense and a vehement application of the soul unto truth.