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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 9: Gods Return to the Soul or Nation. SERM. IX.
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.
Faith finds that in God which we want here below, and that's the way to true Comfort.
The Second is drawn from the eternity of Gods essence and being. v. 2. Before the Mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the World, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
The Second is drawn from the eternity of Gods essence and beeing. v. 2. Before the Mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the World, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
The Third is drawn from our Resurrection! Though now we die, and are destroyed, yet at the 3. v. Thou turnest man to destruction, and say•st, Return ye Children of men.
Our Resurrection is an easy work with God; it is but saying. Thou sayest, Return ye Children of men.