A77360:981
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.
5ly. What shall we do that God may return again? Answer, Still I will carry it on in answer to both the Cases.
5ly. What shall we do that God may return again? Answer, Still I will cary it on in answer to both the Cases.
If this Question do relate unto your own particular souls: If you say, God is now gone from me, what shall I do that God may return to my soul again?
I answer briefly, First, Be sure of this, that you keep your door open, the door of your hearts open for Christ's return. When the Master is abroad, the servant fits up to keep the door open for his coming in.
2. Be sure of this, that now in the time of Christs absence, you neglect no duty though very unsavoury to you. The more unsavoury the duty now is unto you through the absence of Christ, the more acceptable unto Christ.
2. Be sure of this, that now in the time of Christs absence, you neglect no duty though very unsvoury to you. The more unsavoury the duty now is unto you through the absence of Christ, the more acceptable unto Christ.