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The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three…The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three…
The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed for Luke Fawne, 1643
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Sermons › Sermon 1: The first Sermon Preached at Laurence Church, on the Fast-day, Septem. 27. 1643.
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Heb 7.7. For without question, the lesser is blessed of the better.
So may I in some sense argue the excellency of this Covenant above the Priesthood of Christ, in as much as this Covenant gives excellency to this Priesthood. — He hath obtained a more excellent Priesthood, by how much he is Mediator of a better Covenant.
So may I in some sence argue the excellency of this Covenant above the Priesthood of Christ, in as much as this Covenant gives excellency to this Priesthood. — He hath obtained a more excellent Priesthood, by how much he is Mediator of a better Covenant.
And certainly the excellency of the matter is a transcendent aggravation of the violation of the Covenant, for men to trifle and prevaricate in things of such high concernment, in things so immediately appertaining to God, must needs be a business of an higher provocation, then the sons of men do ordinarily dream of. The Apostle reasons strongly and dreadfully in this very case: Heb. 10.28, 29. He that despised Moses Law, died without mercy; Of how much sorer punishment shall he be thought worthy, who hath counted the blood of the Covenant, an unholy thing, &c.
And certainly the excellency of the matter is a transcendent aggravation of the violation of the Covenant, for men to trissle and prevaricate in things of such high concernment, in things so immediately appertaining to God, must needs be a businesse of an higher provocation, then the sonnes of men do ordinarily dream of. The Apostle reasons strongly and dreadfully in this very case: Heb. 10.28, 29. He that despised Moses Law, died without mercy; Of how much sorer punishment shall he be thought worthy, who hath counted the blood of the Covenant, an unholy thing, &c.