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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.
The Fourth is drawn from the shortness of the time that lies between our Death and the Resurrection! for it will be said, There's a great deal of time between our Death, and the Resurrection: But saith he, you must account as God accounts, for at the 4th. v. A Thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday, when it is past; And as a watch in the night. These things being thus premised: Now you may read over the miseries and troubles of this World. Which you have at large from the 5. v. unto the 12. v.
The Fourth is drawn from the shortness of the time that lies between our Death and the Resurrection! for it will be said, There's a great deal of time between our Death, and the Resurrection: But saith he, you must account as God accounts, for at the 4th. v. A Thousand yeers in thy sight are but as yesterday, when it is past; And as a watch in the night. These things being thus premised: Now you may read over the miseries and troubles of this World. Which you have at large from the 5. v. unto the 12. v.
But what then, what is the work and Duty of the Psalmist then?— Why, then he Petitions God.
He petitions first for Wisdom: That by all the troubles and miseries of this life, he may provide and lay in for eternity. So teach us to number our Days, that we may apply our hearts unto Wisdom. v. 12.
He petitions first for Wisdome: That by all the troubles and miseries of this life, he may provide and lay in for eternity. So teach us to number our Daies, that we may apply our hearts unto Wisdom. v. 12.