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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.
Secondly, God never returns empty handed to his people. If a Husband be long absent from his Wife, he will not return empty handed; I am sure, God will not return empty handed unto his people: When he hath stricken them, he will let out more love unto them, then ever before. It was a sad and a sharp dispensation, that the Basket of good Figs should be carried away Captive, with the Basket of bad Figs; but see how God returns unto them, not empty handed, Jer. 24. The word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, like these good Figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away Captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place, into the land of the Chaldeans, for their good; for I will set mine eyes upon them for good. and I will bring them again to this Land; and I will build them, and not pull them down, and I will plant them, and not pluck them up; and I will give them an heart to know me, that I am ⟨p. 472⟩the Lord, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; For they shall return unto me with their whole heart. See how God returns! when he returns, he doth not return empty handed unto his people: When God returns unto you, he will not only pay you the principal of your Enjoyment; but will pay you all your forbearance-money too. But,
Secondly, God never returns empty handed to his people. If a Husband be long absent from his Wife, he will not return empty handed; I am sure, God will not return empty handed unto his people: When he hath stricken them, he will let out more love unto them, then ever before. It was a sad and a sharp dispensation, that the Basket of good Figgs should be carried away Captive, with the Basket of bad Figgs; but see how God returns unto them, not empty handed, Jer. 24. The word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, like these good Figgs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away Captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place, into the land of the Chaldeans, for their good; for I will set mine eyes upon them for good. and I will bring them again to this Land; and I will build them, and not pull them down, and I will plant them, and not pluck them up; and I will give them an heart to know me, that I am ⟨p. 472⟩