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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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First know, that there are four parts of the Word. —There's the Commandment.— The Promise.— The Threatening.— The Example. These four divide the whole Word of God. Precept, Promise, Threatening, Example.
First know, that there are four parts of the Word. —There's the Commandement.— The Promise.— The Threatning.— The Example. These four divide the whole Word of God. Precept, Promise, Threatning, Example.
If you have to deal with a Commandment, or Precept, remember this, That there is no Precept and Commandment, but is backed and surrounded with several Promises; Promises of assistance, and Promises of reward.
If you have to deal with a Commandment, or Precept, remember this, That there is no Precept and Commandment, but is back't and surrounded with several Promises; Promises of assistance, and Promises of reward.
In case you have to deal with a Promise, Know this: God is as punctual in performing, as he is gracious in promising.
In case you have to deal with a Threatening, Then remember this: that God threatens, that he may not fulfil, but he promises, that he may fulfil. As God promises that he may fulfil, So he threatens that he may not fulfil.