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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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Possibly a man may be sick, and he may be kept from Books, or he may be kept from hearing; but yet he may meditate on God, and the things of God.
Possibly he may be thrown into Prison, and he may be kept from Books and Bible, yet he cannot be kept from Meditation. It's said of Mr. Glover, that Great Martyr in Queen Mary's time, that lying in Prison a Coventry, it was told him, he should be removed to a close Prison at Litchfield, and all Books taken away from him; At that he was much troubled, but saith ⟨p. 445⟩he, I sat down and considered, and meditated with my self, Is God the God of Coventry, and not of Litchfield? Is not God the God of Litchfield, as well as of Coventry: And when I had thought on this thing, and meditated thus, my heart was quiet within me. Surely there is no condition so sower, but Sweet Meditation may grow thereon: Now if this work of Meditation be a work that is Consistent with every business, and every condition—every days work, and every mans work, why should we not be found in the practice of it?
Possibly he may be thrown into Prison, and he may be kept from Books and Bible, yet he cannot be kept from Meditation. It's said of Mr. Glover, that Great Martyr in Queen Maryes time, that lying in Prison a Coventry, it was told him, he should be remooved to a close Prison at Litchfield, and all Books taken away from him; At that he was much troubled, but saith ⟨p. 445⟩he, I sat down and considered, and meditated with my self, Is God the God of Coventry, and not of Litchfield? Is not God the God of Litchfield, as well as of Coventry: And when I had thought on this thing, and meditated thus, my heart was quiet within me. Surely there is no condition so sower, but Sweet Meditation may grow thereon: Now if this work of Meditation be a work that is Consistent with every business, and every condition—every dayes work, and every mans work, why should we not be found in the practice of it?