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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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2. It is one thing for a man to find a sweetness in this work of meditation in reference to his own employment, Calling, or livelihood; another thing for to find a sweetness in it in reference unto God, to his own practice, and holiness of life and Conversation. Suppose I be a Preacher: 'Tis my duty to study the Scriptures: And studying of the Scripture I meditate, and when things come off well, I have a sweetness therein; Yet all this may be in reference to my calling, to my employment, and to my livelihood. But now a gracious man he meditates on God and the things of God in reference to God, to his holiness, and practice; Mark what David saith. 119th Psal. I will delight my self in thy Commandments; which I have loved. My hands also will I lift up unto thy Commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. Lord, saith he, I love thy Commandments: And upon that account I meditate in thy Commandments: And I don't only meditate, but my hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments. For practice, I will not only lay my eye to reading, I will not only lay my head to studying, but my hands also will I lift up unto thy Commandments; to take hold on them, and to practise them. So that thus a gracious soul, as he meditates on God and the things of God, and he finds a sweetness; so 'tis in reference unto God, and to his own practice and holiness in Conversation.
2. It is one thing for a man to find a sweetness in this work of meditation in reference to his own imployment, Calling, or livelyhood; another thing for to find a sweetness in it in reference unto God, to his own practice, and holiness of life and Conversation. Suppose I be a Preacher: 'Tis my duty to study the Scriptures: And studying of the Scripture I meditate, and when things come off well, I have a sweetness therein; Yet all this may be in reference to my calling, to my imployment, and to my livelyhood. But now a gracious man he meditates on God and the things of God in reference to God, to his holiness, and practice; Mark what David saith. 119th Psal. I will delight my self in thy Commandments; which I have loved. My hands also will I lift up unto thy Commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. Lord, saith he, I love thy Commandements: And upon that account I meditate in thy Commandements: And I don't onely meditate, but my hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments. For practice, I will not onely lay my eie to reading, I will not onely lay my head to studying, but my hands also will I lift up unto thy Commandments; to take hold on them, and to practise them. So that thus a gracious soul, as he meditates on God and the things of God, and he finds a sweetness; so 'tis in reference unto God, and to his own practice and holiness in Conversation.