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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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3. The Sabbath Day is a fit time also for Meditation, therefore the 92th Psal. is appointed for the Sabbath, A Psalm for the Sabbath Day, saith the Title to the Psalm.
4. The time of Gods special dispensations is a fit time for it; Look when there is a special dispensation of God abroad, either of Mercy or Judgment, then is a fit time for Meditation. In the 9th Psal. The Lord is known by the Judgement which he executeth, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands, Higgaion Selah. — whats that? it comes from the Heb. Hagah, which signifies to Meditate. When the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands, here's wo•k for meditation. Look (I say) when there is a special dispensation of God either in Mercy or Judgment, that's a fit time for meditation.
5. Look what time that is that lies next, or near, or close to, any great work or service, that's a fit time for meditation: As for example. Suppose we be to receive the Lord's Supper: The time that lies next before it is a fit time for meditation. Suppose a man be to be called out for some great service or Employment: The time that goes close before it is a fit time for him to sit down and meditate with himself upon the work: For the more a man doth prepare for a work, the more likely he is in reason to perform it well. Now, Meditation is a good preparation: Look therefore what that time is that immediately before, or close to the work of the Lord, that's a fit time for ⟨p. 455⟩Meditation.—Thus now you see what the special times are for the work of Meditation.—The time of Impressions—The morning time—The Sabbath day—The time of special dispensations, either of Mercy or Judgment—And the time that goes Immediately or next, or close before the great work and service of the Lord. And, If you would meditate rightly, observe what the fit times for Meditation are, and be sure you lay hold thereon.