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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 8: The Work and Way of Meditation. SERM. VIII.
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And who doth not know that it is our duty to praise the Lord: not only to be thankful to God upon the account of benefits received, but to praise the Lord upon the account of his own Excellencies; and how should the heart be tuned and framed unto this praising of God, but by meditation on the Name and Nature, and Titles of God? Psal. 48. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, v •.— How doth he tune his heart to this praise? We have thought of thy loving kindness, O God.
And who doth not know that it is our duty to praise the Lord: not onely to be thankful to God upon the account of benefits received, but to pra•se the Lord upon the account of his own Excellencies; and how should the heart be tun'd and framed unto this praising of God, but by meditation on the Name and Nature, and Titles of God? Psal. 48. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, v •.— How doth he tune his heart to this praise? We have th•ught of thy loving kindness, O God.
The more that the heart of any man is laid in with meditation, the more pregnant will his words be in ⟨p. 440⟩the praises of God. So that thus then, it is our duty for to meditate upon this account.
But Secondly, Will you instance in Christ the Son of God? As it is our work and duty to meditate on the Nature, Titles, and Attributes of God, so to spend and to lay out our thoughts upon Christ the Son of God. You may observe therefore, that this word Behold, is oftener prefixed, and set before the Mystery of Christ, than before any other Depth, or Mystery in Scripture.— And why so? But to show that this Depth, and this Mystery, is that especially that calls forth our Consideration, and our Meditation. There are four things concerning Christ, which do call for our meditation.