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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 Matter of the Petition, in those words, Return, O Lord.
The Explication thereof, And let it repent thee, concerning thy Servants.
And the Reason, How long? Thou hast been long absent; O Lord, how long wilt thou be absent? how long wilt thou be angry? Return, O Lord, how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy Servants.
God is said, To return, when after some Judgments for sin, he doth show forth some fresh tokens of his love and favour.
God is said, To return, when after some Judgments for sin, he doth shew forth some fresh tokens of his love and favour.
God is said To Repent, when he doth change his dispensations of Anger into Love. And this is that which the Psalmist doth here most desire: From whence, I take up this Doctrine or Observation.