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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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Then be sure, that you don't take things apart, an• ⟨p. 437⟩separate from another, but take all together: They are set one over against the other. If you part the Works of God, you will find no beauty nor sweetness in the consideration of them; but put all together, the design, and end of the Work, and the wholeness of the Work gives a beauty to it. Take heed therefore that you don't separate between piece and piece, but carry all together, and the end thereof.
Then be sure, that you don't take things apart, an• ⟨p. 437⟩separate from another, but take all together: They are set one over against the other. If you part the Works of God, you will find no beauty nor sweetnesse in the consideration of them; but put all together, the design, and end of the Work, and the whollness of the Work gives a beauty to it. Take heed therefore that you don't separate between piece and piece, but carry all togethe•, and the end thereof.
Thirdly, If you would meditate on God, in reference to his Works, be sure of this, that you never go to read Gods Work, but by Gods Candle: The Work of God is a great Book; but the work of God cannot be read but by Gods word: God hath a Candle of his own to read his Work by: When you go to read his Work, be sure you carry his Candle along with you, and so shall you be sure to read it the better. I have done.
Thirdly, If you would meditate on God, in reference to his Works, be sure of this, that you never go to read Gods Work, but by Gods Candle: The Work of God is a great Book; but the work of God cannot be read but by Gods word: God hath a Candle of his own to read his W•rk by: When you go to read his Work, be sure you carry his Candle along with you, and so shall you be sure to read it the better. I have done.