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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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9. Thereby you shall be also able to draw good out of evil: here's the Philosopher's stone: What a great ado hath there been in the World about the Philosopher's stone, to get that: Why? because of the profit of it; thereby Lead is turned into Gold, and other metals turned into Gold: but here's the Philosopher's stone indeed; Meditation will turn all into Gold; turn evils into good, bring good out of evil, grace out of sin: There is a deal of d•rt li•s at your door, and there's no flowers grow out of it; bu• bring the same dirt into your Garden, and then flowers grow out of it. So ⟨p. 424⟩[…] ⟨p. 425⟩[…] ⟨p. 426⟩now, if sin lye at your door, there are no flowers grow thereon; but bring your sin, your dirt into your Garden of Meditation, and you shall have flowers grow out of your dirt.
9. Thereby you shall be also able to draw good out of evil: here's the Philosopher's stone: What a great ado hath there been in the World about the Philosopher's stone, to get that: Why? because of the profit of it; thereby Lead is turned into Gold, and other mettals turned into Gold: but here's the Philos•pher's stone indeed; Meditation will turn all into Gold; turn evils into good, bring good out of evil, grace out of sin: There is a deal of d•rt li•s at your door, and there's no flowers grow out of it; bu• bring the same dirt into your Garden, and then fl•wers grow out of it. So ⟨p. 424⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 425⟩