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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.
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.
And then he petitions for the return of Gods love, Return (O Lord) how long, and let it repent thee concerning thy Servants.—Where you have the matter of the Petition—The explication, — And the reason thereof.
And then he petitions for the return of Gods love, Returne (O Lord) how long, and let it repent thee concerning thy Servants.—Where you have the matter of the Petition—The explication, — And the reason thereof.
The Matter of the Petition, in those words, Return, O Lord.