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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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10. Lastly, Thereby you shall converse with God, and enjoy God. The happiness of our life lies in our enjoyment of God, and in our converse with God. There is a converse with God in this life, a [Greek or Hebrew], our Conversation is in heaven, our Trade is in heaven: and how do we come to trade in heaven, why, we go up to God in Meditation, and there we take our walks with the Almighty: thus we trade with God, thus we converse with God: Surely therefore, this work of Meditation is sweet, for 'tis profitable, as you have heard in these ten particulars.
10. Lastly, Thereby you shall converse with God, and enjoy God. The happiness of our life lyes in our enjoyment of God, and in our converse with God. There is a converse with God in this life, a 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, our Conversation is in heaven, our Trade is in heaven: and how do we come to trade in heaven, why, we go up to God in Meditation, and there we take our walks with the Almighty: thus we trade with God, thus we converse with God: Surely therefore, this work of Meditation is sweet, for 'tis profitable, as you have heard in these ten particulars.
4. Again, As the work of Meditation is very profitable, natural, suitable; so it is very contentful, and satisfying to a gracious Soul. What person in Love, is not satisfied in thinking, and meditating on the person loved? What gracious loving Child, is not satisfied in thinking on his Father, that's absent in an other Country? So what David saith, in the 63d. Psalm, My soul shall be satisfied, as with marrow and fatness— When?—When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. I shall not only be contented, but my Soul shall be satisfied— how?— In a way of Meditation: 'Tis Meditation-work that is soul-satisfying work.