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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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4. If your case and condition be such, that although you cannot find Christ, Christ is gone: though Christ be gone, and departed from you, and you cannot find him, yet, If you can direct others to the finding of him when you cannot find him, then certainly he is not gone, but he will return again unto you. The Spouse in the Canticles seeks after Christ: saith she, he hath withdrawn himself and I cannot find him. Chap. 5. The Daughters of Jerusalem say, whither is thy beloved turned aside, that we may seek him with thee? —my Beloved is gone down into his Garden, to the beds of spices. Mark, she could not find him her self, and yet she can direct others to the finding of him— What doth this signify, but plainly teach us thus much, that though Christ be gone, and we cannot find him, yet if we can direct others to the finding of him, he is not quite gone, but he will return again. Now is it thus with you, when Christ is gone cannot you direct others to the finding of him? If you can, then build upon it, he is not so gone but he will return again.
4. If your case and condition be such, that although you cannot find Christ, Christ is gon: though Christ be gon, and departed from you, and you cannot find him, yet, If you can direct others to the finding of him when you cannot find him, then certainly he is not gon, but he will return again unto you. The Spouse in the Canticles seeks after Christ: saith she, he hath withdrawn himself and I cannot find him. Chap. 5. The Daughters of Jerusalem say, whither is thy beloved turned aside, that we may seek him with thee? —my Beloved is gon down into his Garden, to the beds of spices. Mark, she could not find him her self, and yet she can direct others to the finding of him— What doth this signifie, but plainly teach us thus much, that though Christ be gon, and we cannot find him, yet if we can direct others to the finding of him, he is not quite gon, but he will return again. Now is it thus with you, when Christ is gon cannot you direct others to the finding of him? If you can, then build upon it, he is not so gon but he will return again.
But then, Secondly, suppose that the Lord be departed ⟨p. 477⟩