A77360:988
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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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⟩displeasure of the Lord be upon you, say, Lord; Though thou killest me, I will trust in thee; Though I cannot see thee, yet I will trust in thee, and wait upon thee.
But then, Secondly, suppose it be the case of the Nation.
God is departed in a great measure, who doth not see it? What shall we therefore now do that God may return unto us again.