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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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9. Thereby also you shall have a constant relief against all your afflictions, both inward and outward.
Inward, Psal. 143. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for saith he, v. 4. My spirit is overwhelmed within me, my heart within me is desolate: What then?— I remember the days of old, I meditate on all thy works: Here lies the relief against spiritual fears, and overwhelmings of soul, even to meditate on God as one ought to do, in a right manner: I am overwhelmed, but I'll meditate on all thy works, and muse on the work of thy hands.
Inward, Psal. 143. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for saith he, v. 4. My spirit is overwhelmed within me, my heart within me is desolate: What then?— I remember the dayes of old, I meditate on all thy works: Here lies the relief against spiritual fears, and overwhelmings of soul, even to meditate on God as one ought to do, in a right manner: I am overwhelmed, but I'le meditate on all thy works, and muse on the work of thy hands.
As for the Outward afflictions, Psal. 119. the place cited before, v. 23. Princes also did sit and speak against me, but thy Servant did meditate in thy Statutes. Reproach from an ordinary man, is affliction enough; but for Kings and Princes, to speak against one, this is a great matter. What relief then? But thy servant did meditate on thy Statutes. So that by this, you have a constant relief against both outward, and inward afflictions. And,