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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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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!
8. By this work of meditation on God, and the things of God; You shall live on God: Possibly a man may come to the Court where the King is, and not live upon the King, because he don't stay there; but those that stay at the Court, they live upon the King, for they stay there. Now by a thought, I don't stay upon God; but by a frequent meditation on God, I shall live in God; for then I stay by God, and I do stay on him.
8. By this work of meditation on God, and the things of God; You shall live on God: Possibly a man may come to the Court where the King is, and not live upon the King, because he don't stay there; but those that stay at the Court, they live upon the King, for they stay there. Now by a thought, I don't stay upon God; but by a frequeut meditation on God, I shall live in God; for then I stay by God, and I do stay on him.
9. Thereby also you shall have a constant relief against all your afflictions, both inward and outward.