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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.
If he be Perfect with Gospel-perfection, he ought to meditate that he may hold on his perfection, Psal. 1. ⟨p. 443⟩It's made the general description of a good man, He delighteth in the Law of the Lord; and in that Law doth he meditate.
And Secondly, As it is every mans work, so 'tis every days work. There are some special times (as you will hear) which are more fit for meditation. But this work of meditation is every days work: When I awake, saith the Psalmist, I am ever with thee. How? By prayer and meditation: I have set the Lord always before me.— How, but by meditation and prayer? What time is there that is not fit for this work of Meditation?
And Secondly, As it is every mans work, so 'tis every dayes work. There are some special times (as you will hear) which are more fit for meditation. But this work of meditation is every dayes work: When I awake, saith the Psalmist, I am ever with thee. How? By prayer and meditation: I have set the Lord alwayes before me.— How, but by meditation and prayer? What time is there that is not fit for this work of Meditation?
Is the Sabbath day unfit for it? No: There is a Prayer for the Sabbath, Psal. 92. to meditate on the works of God.