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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.
First, Friends, The more acquaintance you have with this work of Meditation, the more time you will get, and the less you will lose. A man that hath the skill on't, need never lose an hour. Who knows the worth of time? This little spot of time doth our Eternity depend upon: Yet, Lord, how many are there that lose their precious hours and time— But what's the reason?—They have no hand at this work of Meditation: When their business is over, they might otherwise turn their hand to this ⟨p. 457⟩work, and lose no time. The more acquaintance you have with this work of Meditation, the more time you will get, and the less you will lose.
First, Friends, The more acquaintance you have with this work of Meditation, the more time you will get, and the lesse you will lose. A man that hath the skill on't, need never lose an hour. Who knows the worth of time? This little spot of time doth our Eternity depend upon: Yet, Lord, how many are there that lose their precious hours and time— But what's the reason?—They have no hand at this work of Meditation: When their business is over, they might otherwise turn their hand to this ⟨p. 457⟩work, and lose no time. The more acquaintance you have with this work of Meditation, the more time you will get, and the lesse you will lose.
2. Hereby, even by this work of Meditation, you shall get into the Secrets of divine things. There is a Secret and a Mystery in ever Trade: A man don't know the Trade, till he knows the Secret and the Mystery of it: It's said, The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him. Knowledge brings us to the door of Truth: But Meditation hath us into the House, and into all the Rooms thereof: Thereby (I say) you shall get into the Inwards, and the Secrets of the things of God.