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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
II. Now secondly, This work of Meditation, is every mans work.— It is every days work.— And it is that work that is consistent with every business and condition.
II. Now secondly, This work of Meditation, is every mans work.— It is every dayes work.— And it is that work that is consistent with every business and condition.
First, (I say) 'Tis every mans work; it is the work of the wicked;— and it is the work of the Godly.
'Tis the wo•k of the wicked, for it is their first step unto Conversion: The Prodigal bethought himself and returned unto his Fathers house. The Prophet Haggai, calling upon the Jews to repent, saith, Consider your ways. I considered my ways, and turned my feet unto thy Testimonies, saith David. Consider your ways; or, as in the Hebrew, set your heart upon your ways.— And when doth a man set his heart upon his ways, but when he doth seriously ponder and meditate on his ways? Th•s work of Meditation therefore, I say, it is the work of the wicked: It is their first step unto Conversion.
'Tis the wo•k of the wicked, for it is their first step unto Conversion: The Prodigal bethought himself and returned unto his Fathers house. The Prophet Haggai, calling upon the Jews to repent, saith, Consider your wayes. I considered my wayes, and turned my feet unto thy Testimonies, saith David. Consider your wayes; or, as in the Hebrew, set your heart upon your wayes.— And when doth a man set his heart upon his wayes, but when he doth seriously ponder and meditate on his wayes? Th•s work of Meditation therefore, I say, it is the work of the wicked: It is their first step unto Coversion.