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A77360	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.	Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.	1667 (1667)	Wing B4449A; ESTC R225773	165,221	279

the blood of Jesus If you look therefore into the Old Testament you shall find that they sprinkled blood upon a fourfold account To confirm and ratifie the Covenant between God and them To make an Attonement for their sin For the sanctification and purification of their Persons and things And for the preservation of their Persons Accordingly therefore saith the Apostle Heb. 9.19 the Book was sprinkled so in the 24. of Exod. the meaning of it is given v. 7. And he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the audience of the people and they said all that the Lord hath said we will do and be obedient and Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said behold the blood of the Covenant and the 9th of the Heb. tells us That he sprinkled the Book it self And why so But to shew thus much That it is the Blood of Jesus that doth ratifie and confirm the Covenant now made between God and us as at large in that 9th of the Hebrews 2. Then also in those times of the Old Testament they sprinkled blood to make an Attonement for the sins of the people as you have it in the 4th of Levit. 6 and the 20. verses And the Priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord before the Vail of the Sanctuary The Mercy Seat and the Altar were sprinkled the reason is given at the 20 v. And he shall do with the Bullock as he did with the Bullock for a fin offering so shall he do with this And The Priest shall make an Attonement for them and it shall be forgiven them And why so But to shew that it is the blood of Jesus whereby we have Attonement as in Rom. 5.11 3. Again In the times of the Old Testament they did sprinkle blood for the purification of mens Persons and of Things As you have it in Levit. 14. v. 7. And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the Leprosie seven times and shall pronounce him clean And why so But to shew that it is the blood of Jesus that doth cleanse us from all Iniquity as in the first Epist of John Chap. 1. 4. Then in those times they did sprinkle mens persons for preservation from the destroying Angel when the destroying Angel came to destroy the Aegyptians the posts of the Israelites were sprinkled that they might be preserved And why But to shew that it is by the blood of Jesus that we are preserved from the destroyer In the 1. v. of the 1. of Jude it s said Jude the servant of Jesus Christ and Brother of James to them that are sanctified by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ or preserved by Jesus Christ and Christ our passover is sacrificed for us saith the Apostle to the Corinthians So that thus now you see briefly what were the grounds and reasons of their sprinkling blood in the times of the Old Testament and how all this is applicable to the Blood of Jesus And if you look wishly into the Scripture and compare things with things you shall find that Moses in the times of the Old Testament did divide the blood of the Covenant part whereof was sprinkled upon the Altar poured down at the foot of the Altar to oblige God to the Covenant And part of it was sprinkled upon the people to confirm their souls in the certainty of the Covenant and to oblige them to observe and keep Covenant with God So with the blood of Christ And therefore when our Lord and Saviour Christ speaks at the Lords Supper he saith This Cup is the New Testament in my blood shed for many for the Remission of sins The first part part of the words This Cup is the New Testament in my blood hath regard to us shewing that our souls are to be confirmed in this that we are in covenant with God The second part of the words shed for many for the remission of sins relates unto God shewing the use of Christs blood to satisfie God for our sins and to obtain our Remission And if you would know What is the use of this Sprinkling I say Sprinkling of the Blood notes Application What are we the better for the Blood of Christ if it be not applyed to us and sprinkled on us There are two great Attributes of God that we have to deal withal in the great matter of our Redemption The Justice of God and the Mercy of God That the Justice of God might be be satisfied Christ was made a sacrifice on the Cross and his blood shed on Earth that the favour of God might be obtained Christ carries as our great High-priest his Blood the vertue of it into Heaven and sprinkles the Mercy-seat seven times And that we might be sanctified and reconcil'd to God this Blood is sprinkled upon us too As it 's sprinkled upon the Altar and the Mercy-seat that God might be reconciled to us so 't is sprinkled upon us that we might be sanctified reconciled to God And that thereby we might be assur'd that God is in covenant with us As when the Jews were sprinkled with blood the Priest saying This is the Blood of the covenant they were assured thereby that they were in covenant with God So when we are sprinkled with the blood of Jesus we are or may be assured that we are in the covenant of Grace with God And thus now you see what this Blood of Sprinkling is upon what account 't is sprinkled and what is the use of the sprinkling thereof And so I have done with the first General Secondly This Blood of Sprinkling which is the blood of Iesus is a speaking Blood and speaketh better things than that of A●el or than Abel It speaketh in regard of its continual and perpetual Virtue and Operation But here are two things First What this Blood of Sprinkling speaketh 2. How and in what sense it speaketh better things than that of Abel First What this Blood of Sprinkling speaketh 1. It speaketh a necessity of satisfaction for Without blood there is no Remission 2. It speaketh the Righteousness of God If God have burnt down such a City as this to declare his Righteousness how much more doth the shedding of the blood of Iesus declare the Righteousness of God To declare I say his Righteousness saith the Apostle in Rom. 3. 3. It speaketh the highest Obedience that ever the Sun saw That the Son of God should be obedient unto death laying down his blood is the highest Obedience As the disobedience of the first Adam was in the matter of the Tree so the obedience of the second Adam was in the matter of the Tree Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the Tree saith the Apostle As the disobedience of the first Adam was in the transgressing a positive commandment which was the symbol of obedience to the whole Moral Law So

Blood of the Lamb. They have washed their Robes how what with their great Tribulations No They came out of great Tribulations but their Tribulations dont wash them these are they that came out of great Tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Nothing on this side Christ and this blood of sprinkling can cleanse your souls But 4. Though there be nothing on this side Christ that can cleanse your souls but the blood of Jesus yet it is the Spirit of Christ that must sprinkle it The blood of Jesus is then sprinkled when it is applied now this is the work of the Holy Ghost I will sprinkle you with clean water I le wash you with water As it is a derogation to the blood of Christ to go to any else for cleansing So 't is a derogation to the Spirit of Christ to go to any else for sprinkling or to go to any else for that application of the Blood of Christ 'T is onely the Spirit of Christ that must sprinkle this blood upon your and my soul 5. Though this sprinkling must be done only by the Spirit Yet notwithstanding this blood of Jesus is sprinkled by the ordinance in the hand of the Spirit by the preaching of the Gospel He preaches not that sprinkles not the blood of Christ in preaching and especially by that great ordinance of the Lords Supper You may observe therefore that the same words that were used in the Old Testament when they sprinkled the blood This is the blood of the Covenant as in the 9th of the Hebrews are used by our Saviour Christ at the Lords Supper This Cup is the New Testament in my blood c. Why so but to shew thus much that this ordinance of the Lords Supper is the Hysop in the hand of the Spirit whereby the souls of believers are sprinkled with a fresh sprinkling Oh therefore who would not come to this ordinance of the Lords supper in a right way and manner 6. But then again you must kn●w ●lso that you must come for sprinkling with the great'st sense of unworthines that may be I● you look into the 19th of Numb you shall find that he that sprink●●d the blood was to be unclean until the evening v. 7. Then the Priest shall wash his cloaths and he sh●l b● t●e his flesh in W●ter and afterward he shall come into the Camp And the Priest shall be unclean until the evening At v. 6. The Priest shall take Cedar-wood and Hysop and Scarlet and cast it into the midst of the burning or the Heifer and then the Priest shall wash his cloaths and come into the Camp and shall be unclean until the evening And at the 8th v. He that burneth her sh●ll wash his cloathes in Water and bathe his flesh in Water and shall be unclean until the evening And a man that is clean shall gather up the Ashes of the Heifer and lay them up without the Camp in a clean place and it shall be kept for the Congregation of the children of Israel for a Water of separation It is a purification for sin and he that gathereth the Ashes of the Heifer shall wash his cloaths and be unclean until the evening What 's all this but to shew thus much That they might not come to this sacred Expiation but with the greatest sense of their unworthiness Plainly shewing thus much That there is no medling with this blood of sprinkling but with the greatest sense of our unworthiness of the blood of Jesus Now therefore do you desire that you may be sprinkled with this blood of sprinkling then whensoever you go to the blood of Jesus and look upon it go with the greatest sense of your unworthiness of this blood then go to the Spirit of God whose work alone it is to apply and sprinkle and then stand and wait where the Spirit stands with his Hysop to sprinkle the souls of men and so shall you be made partakers of this great priviledge But suppose that I be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus and that this blood of sprinkling hath indeed fallen upon my soul what is my duty then 1. Then Go away and doubt no more When the sinning Jew was sprinkled do you think he doubted whether he were pardoned or no No surely he did believe that he was pardoned and that he was in Covenant with God For those words were used This is the Blood of the Covenant And shall you be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus and will you doubt whether you be in Covenant with the Lord by Grace or no c. This blood of sprinkling speaketh and you have heard what it speaks now then I pray take heed that you don't refuse him that speaketh from Heaven mark how it follows in the very next words to the Text We are come to the Blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things then that of Abel See that ye refuse not him that speaketh for if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on Earth much more shall not we escape if we turn away from him that speaketh from Heaven Why man or woman 't is Jesus that speaketh to thee Jesus the Mediator of the Covenant that speakes un●o you to believe What are you sprinkled go away then and doubt no more but take heed that ye refuse not him that speaketh from Heaven And secondly Then also conclude and say Now know I that I shall be preserved from the destroyer When the Isralites posts were sprinkled with the blood of the Lamb They could say Now know I that I shall not be destroyed by this destroying Angel Art thou sprinkled with the blood of Jesus say then Now know I that I shall not be destroyed but that the Angel shall pass over me in the destroying day 3. Then also go away and be Contented with your Condition what ever it be And well you may if you be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus you are made partakers of the greatest priveledg that can be and will you not then be contented with your Condition Go away and be contented with your Conditions saying I have now received the greatest privelege for I am sprinkled with the blood of Jesus therefore will I be contented with my Condition What ever it be 4. And then go away and praise God and be very thankful Be very thankful to God the Father and to the Lamb with whose blood you are sprinkled Look into the 5th Rev. and you shall find there are 3 quires of Praisers and all praising upon the account of this blood And when he had opened the book v. 9. the 24. Elders fell down before the Lamb and they sung a new song The four and twenty Elders these are men saying Thou art worthy to take the Book and to open the Seals thereof for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood By thy bloud here 's the foot of the Song Then comes in the