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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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3. And then be sure of this, that you never think of God out of Christ: I thought upon God and was troubled, saith the Psalmist, Why? he did not think of Christ too. I thought upon God and was troubled. I, but think upon God in Christ, and you will not be troubled: Never think of God but in Christ: Tis an horrible thing, saith Luther, to think of God out of Christ. This is the first thing, in case that you would meditate on God, the Nature, the Names, and Attributes of God; divide your thoughts, meditate in a way of Faith, and not in a way of Reason—and never think of God out of Christ.
2. In case that you would meditate on Christ the Son God, be sure of this, That you think on Christ, and meditate on Christ, as your great example, as well as your gift, And your gift, as well as your example; There is both in Christ, when your hearts are most brisk, think on Christ, as your example; and when your hearts are most low, think on Christ as your gift. But if that you would meditate on Christ, carry on both; think on Christ as well for your example as for your gift, and for your gift, as well as for your example.
And never think on Christ out of the Gospel: For as you may not think on God out of Christ, so you may not meditate on Christ out of the Gospel: Christ is a living Gospel, and the Gospel a dead Christ.