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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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And look upon the Scripture also as your own Evidence: A man hath an Evidence for Land, and, it may be, the parchment is a dusty thing, yet he takes a great deal of pains in reading it over, and thinking on't; Why, (saith one that stands by) Why will you spend so much time in reading of a dusty Parchment? But, O Friend, saith he, Friend, it's my Evidence for my Inheritance. So now, when men come to the Word, and do not look upon it as their Evidence for their Land, they have no list to meditate on it, but when a man comes to the Word, and can look upon it as his Evidence for a great Inheritance, then he loves to meditate on it. Remember therefore these two things, — That all that is in the Word, is either Commandment, or Promise, — Threatening, or Example: — And look upon the Word as your Fathers Letters and as your own Evidence. And then,
And look upon the Scripture also as your own Evidence: A man hath an Evidence for Land, and, it may be, the parchment is a dusty thing, yet he takes a great deal of pains in reading it over, and thinking on't; Why, (saith one that stands by) Why will you spend so much time in reading of a dusty Parchment? But, O Friend, saith he, Friend, it's my Evidence for my Inheritance. So now, when men come to the Word, and do not look upon it as their Evidence for their Land, they have no list to meditate on it, but when a man comes to the Word, and can look upon it as his Evidence for a great Inheritance, then he loves to meditate on it. Remember therefore these two things, — That all that is in the Word, is either Commandment, or Promise, — Threatning, or Example: — And look upon the Word as your Fathers Letters and as your own Evidence. And then,
Fourthly, In case that you would Meditate on the works of God.
First, Be sure of this, that you look upon al• the works of God as Enamelled and Embroidered with so many Attributes of God: For the more you see the Attributes of God shining forth upon his Works, the more sweetness you wil take in the meditating thereof. But if you don't se the Attributes of God shining forth upon his Works you will take no sweetness in meditating thereon.