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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. Then, be sure of this, that you be not foolish with other lovers in the time of his absence; L•st he bear thereof and come home no more.
5. Be sure of this also, that you do gather in upon Christ by all those words, and by all those things whereby he seems to put you away from him. As the Woman of Canaan, true Lord, but the Dogs eat of the Crumbs— which made Christ turn in again, Oh Woman, great is thy Faith, be it unto thee even as thou wilt. But then,
6. Be sure that you send unto him one way or other, and tell him that you are sick of love unto his Person: Then he returns. And,
7. Now say, Lord, though thou killest me, yet will I trust in thee. Friends, it was Faith that brought Christ and your souls together at the first; and it must be Faith that must bring Christ and your souls together after a desertion. Whatsoever therefore the ⟨p. 480⟩