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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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And look when a man doth meditate on the Word of God, the Law and Statutes of God, then he is said to meditate on God, Psal. 1. He delighteth in the Law of the Lord, and therein doth he meditate.
And look when a man doth meditate on the works and Concernments of God, then in Scripture-phrase he is said to Meditate on God; And so in the 77. Psal. I will Remember the works of the Lord; I will Remember thy wonders, and I will meditate also of all thy works: So that briefly; Then a man is said to meditate on God; Not only when he doth meditate on the nature of God; but when he doth meditate on the Son of God, meditates on the Word of God, meditates on the Works and Concernments of God. And that's the second.
And look when a man doth meditate on the works and Concernments of God, then in Scripture-phrase he is said to Meditate on God; And so in the 77. Psal. I will Remember the works of the Lord; I will Remember thy wonderes, and I will meditate also of all thy works: So that briefly; Then a man is said to meditate on God; Not onely when he doth meditate on the nature of God; but when he doth meditate on the Son of God, meditates on the Word of God, meditates on the Works and Concernments of God. And that's the second.
3. But how may it appear that it is a sweet thing to meditate on God? That meditation-work is sweet work, and that it is a sweet thing to a gracious soul to meditate on God?