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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.
5. As it will keep you from sinful thoughts; so it will fit and tune your hearts for every Duty: For Prayer, for Thanksgiving, for holy Conference and Communication of good things to others.
For Prayer, 'tis Orationis Matter, &c.
For Prayer, 'tis Orationis Mater, &c.
As it is the Sister of Reading; so it is the Mother of Prayer. Though a mans heart be much indisposed to prayer, yet, if he can but fall into a meditation of God, and the things of God, his heart will soon come off to Prayer. Meditation lies so near unto Prayer, that in the Hebrew, the word that signifies to Pray, signifies ⟨p. 423⟩to Meditate: And therefore you shall observe, that whereas in some Books 'tis said, that Isaac went out to Pray, in other Books 'tis said, that Isaac went out to Meditate. Meditation is a friend to Prayer.
And it is a Friend to Thanksgiving; and therefore saith the Psalmist here in the Text, I will sing praise unto my God, my meditation of him shall be sweet; they go together.