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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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2. Though God or Christ be gone, and in a great measure departed from your souls, yet, If you cannot leave God, God cannot leave you. In our conversion, God comes to us before we come to him. But in Apostasy we depart from God before he departs from us. How is it therefore with you? Can you say truly, My soul cannot leave God, then conclude and say, God will return again, and cannot leave you. But
2. Though God or Christ be gon, and in a great measure departed from your souls, yet, If you cannot leave God, God cannot leave you. In our conversion, God comes to us before we come to him. But in Apostasie we depart from God before he departs from us. How is it therefore with you? Can you say truly, My soul cannot leave God, then conclude and say, God will return again, and cannot leave you. But
3. Though God be very much gone, and departed from you in a great measure; Yet if in the time of his absence he doth send you letters and tokens of love, you ⟨p. 476⟩may know for certain he will return again. Possibly God, or Christ may appoint an affliction to bring you a token, or to bring you a message of love in the time of his absence—Possibly, he may appoint or order some providence to bring you a Token, or some message of love.—Possibly he may order and appoint upholding mercy, to be a pledge to you of delivering mercy. And believe it, upholding mercy is always a pledge of delivering mercy. How is it therefore with you, are you deserted, is Christ gone; yet have you not had the upholding presence of God all this while? then be of good Comfort, Christ is not gone but he will return again.
3. Though God be very much gon, and departed from you in a great measure; Yet if in the time of his absence he doth send you letters and tokens of love, you ⟨p. 476⟩may know for certain he will return again. Possibly God, or Christ may appoint an affliction to bring you a token, or to bring you a message of love in the time of his absence—Possibly, he may appoint or order some providence to bring you a Token, or some message of love.—Possibly he may order and appoint upholding mercy, to be a pledge to you of delivering mercy. And believe it, upholding mercy is alwaies a pledge of delivering mercy. How is it therefore with you, are you deserted, is Christ gon; yet have you not had the upholding presence of God all this while? then be of good Comfort, Christ is not gon but he will return again.