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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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Thirdly and especially: Take the Saints and people of God, and where do they live, but in the love of Christs Person, not of his benefits, not of his Comforts, but they live in the love of his Person; Look into the Book of the Cant. and you shall find, how the heart of Christ is drawn out in love to the Person of the Spouse; Let me hear thy voice, saith he, for thy voice is sweet, and thy Countenance is comely: how fair is thy love, my Sister, my Spouse; thy lips. Oh my Spouse, drop as the Honey-Comb, and so he goes on insisting in his love upon the Person.
Thirdly and especially: Take the Saints and people of God, and where do they live, but in the love of Christs Person, not of his benefits, not of his Comforts, but they live in the love of his Person; Look into the Book of the Cant. and you shall find, how the heart of Christ is drawn out in love to the Person of the Spouse; Let me hear thy voice, saith he, for thy voice is sweet, and thy Countenance is comely: how fair is thy love, my Sister, my Spouse; thy lipps. Oh my Spouse, drop as the Hony-Comb, and so he goes on insisting in his love upon the Person.
So doth the Spouse also towards him, my beloved is altogether lovely, and as you read, my beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among Ten Thousand. And so she goes on. Thus love is drawn out towards the Person of Christ: Now, If this be the spirit, and if this be the disposition of the Saints and the people of God, that they live in love to the Person of Christ, then no wonder that when Christ is with-drawn, they do above all things desire that he would return again. This must needs be, for they live in the love of his Person, and not of his benefits, not of his Comforts; Therefore above all things they say, Return, O Lord, return.
So doth the Spouse also towards him, my beloved is altogether lovely, and as you read, my beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among Ten Thousand. And so she goes on. Thus love is drawn out towards the Person of Christ: Now, If this be the spirit, and if this be the disposition of the Saints and the people of God, that they live in love to the Person of Christ, then no wonder that when Christ is with-drawn, they do above all things desire that he would returne again. This must needs be, for they live in the love of his Person, and not of his benefits, not of his Comforts; Therefore above all things they say, Return, O Lord, return.