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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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6. Thereby also, you shall offer up your selves unto divine Embraces; and upon this ground of Meditation, will God give out his loves unto you: In Cant. 7. saith Christ, There will I give thee my Loves, v. 12.—There— where? Let us get up early to the Vineyards, let us see if the Vine flourish, whither the tender Grape appear, and the Pomegranates bud forth. Here's the public Assembly.— What's this to meditation?— Yes, in the former v. Come my beloved, let us go forth into the Field, let us lodge in the Villages, places of Retirement; There will I give thee my Loves, upon the ground of Retirement. There will he give forth his loves. O! What a great mercy ⟨p. 459⟩is here, by this work of Meditation, you do not only offer up your selves unto Divine embraces: But, There upon Meditation-ground, will God give out his loves unto you.
6. Thereby also, you shall offer up your selves unto divine Imbraces; and upon this ground of Meditation, will God give out his loves unto you: In Cant. 7. saith Christ, There will I give thee my Loves, v. 12.—There— where? Let us get up early to the Vineyards, let us see if the Vine flourish, whither the tender Grap appear, and the Pomgranates bud forth. Here's the publick Assembly.— What's this to meditation?— Yes, in the former v. Come my beloved, let us go forth into the Field, let us lodg in the Villages, places of Retirement; There will I give thee my Loves, upon the ground of Retirement. There will he give forth his loves. O! What a great mercy ⟨p. 459⟩is here, by this work of Meditation, you do not onely offer up your selves unto Divine imbraces: But, There upon Meditation-ground, will God give out his loves unto you.
7. Thereby also, your souls and hearts shall be subdued unto God: As in sin, so here, Friends, It is not a sinful thought that doth subdue my heart into sin; 'tis not a sinful suggestion that subdues my heart into sin: But, A Complacential dwelling of sinful thoughts in my heart, subdues my heart into sin. So 'tis not a transient good thought that will subdue the soul, or the heart unto God; but it is a Complacential dwelling of good thoughts in the heart that doth subdue the heart unto God, and that's done by Meditation. Thereby therefore, I say, Your very hearts shall be subdued unto the Lord: Oh what a mercy is this!