A77360:759
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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This is that, that will keep your hearts savoury ⟨p. 425⟩and spiritual in all your outward and worldly employments: that's a seventh thing.
This is that, that will keep your hearts savoury ⟨p. 425⟩and spiritual in all your outward and worldly imployments: that's a seventh thing.
8. Thereby also you shall fill up all the chinks and crevices of your lives and spend your spare times for God. There is no man but hath his spare times, more or less: Some more, some less, but all have their spare times: That look as it is with a Book, all Books have their margents, some Books have a greater margin, some a lesser, and a narrower margin, but all Books have their margents; so all men have their margents, their spare times: some have a greater margin, and more time to spare than others, some have a lesser and a narrower margin, and less spare-time than others. But all men have their margents, and their spare times. Some men know not what to do with their spare time, therefore they call in for Dice, and call in for Cards, and call in for Vanity. Some, when they are out of Employment, they dare not be alone. Have but the skill of Meditation, to meditate on God and the things of God, and you will never be afraid to be alone: your margents will be all filled up, all the chinks and crevices of your lives shall be all filled up with God: Therefore, O what a profitable thing is this work of Meditation!
8. Thereby also you shall fill up all the chinks and crevices of your lives and spend your spare times for God. There is no man but hath his spare times, more or less: Some more, some lesse, but all have their spare times: That look as it is with a Book, all Books have their margents, some Books have a greater margent, some a lesser, and a narrower margent, but all Books have their margents; so all men have their margents, their spare times: some have a greater margent, and more time to spare than others, some have a lesser and a narrower margent, and lesse spare-time than others. But all men have their margents, and their spare times. Some men know not what to do with their spare time, therefore they call in for Dice, and call in for Cards, and call in for Vanity. Some, when they are out of Imployment, they dare not be alone. Have but the skill of Meditation, to meditate on God and the things of God, and you will never be afraid to be alone: your margents will be all filled up, all the chincks and crevices of your lives shall be all filled up with God: Therefore, O what a profitable thing is this work of Meditation!