A77360:983
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.
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 uns•voury to you. The more unsavoury the duty now is unto you through the absence of Christ, the more acceptable unto Christ.
3. Be sure that you go and stand there where Christ uses to be. And let me tell you this, If you cannot find him where he uses to be, you shall find him where he uses not to be, as you read in Cant. 3.