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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.
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.
And it is a great help unto holy Conference, (which I am afraid is too much wanting among us) Private meditation on God and the things of God, is a great help unto holy Conference. Psal. 45.1. My heart is inditing a good matter — What then? I speak of the things which I have made touching the King: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. — When? — When the heart hath been at work in Meditation, Psal. 77.12. I will meditate also of all thy works.— What then? — and talk of thy doings. See how Conference comes in. I will meditate also of all thy works, and talk of all thy doings. So that thus then, Meditation will fit and prepare you, and tune your hearts to Prayer, Thanksgiving, holy Conference, and other Duties.
6. As Meditation is a great friend to Prayer, and to other Duties; so it is a help unto growth in grace, and the Knowledge of Christ.