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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.
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And why so? But to teach us thus much, that God will so over-rule the desertions of his people, that his with-drawment from them, shall draw others to him. And thus now you see, there is reason, and good reason, why God should some times depart from, forsake, and be absent, even from his own people for a time: And that's the first thing.
2. Secondly, The Saints and People of God, are very sensible of his displeasure: How long Lord? They are most sensible of this, they look upon it as a very tedious thing, and m•st afflictive, to lie under Gods departure: How long Lord?
Words of Expostulation, note Affection, especially ⟨p. 468⟩if they come with an Ingemination: And so you have it in the 13 Psalm, How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for ever; how long wilt thou hide thy face from me, how long shall I take counsel in my soul. Four how longs: How long, how long, how long, how long. 'Tis a very tedious thing, and most afflictive to the people of God, to lie under Gods departures.