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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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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.
5. And as it is soul-satisfying work, so this work of Meditation to a gracious soul, is a most delightful work: What greater delight, than to think on that God in whom he doth most delight? Is it delightful to a wicked man to sit and muse, and meditate on his sinful ways; and will it not be delightful to a gracious ⟨p. 427⟩soul, to sit and think, and muse, and meditate on the Lord? Certainly, it is a work that is most delightful to a gracious soul.
5. And as it is soul-satisfying work, so this work of Meditation to a gracious soul, is a most delightful work: What greater delight, than to think on that God in whom he doth most delight? Is it delightful to a wicked man to sit and muse, and meditate on his sinful wayes; and will it not be delightful to a gracious ⟨p. 427⟩soul, to sit and think, and muse, and meditate on the Lord? Certainly, it is a work that is most delightful to a gracious soul.