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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

Mediator was faithfull in all the house of God to a pin Surely Jesus the Son will be faithful in this work of Mediation and carry it on to the uttermost But then you will say what assurance have we that Jesus will carry on this work of Mediation unto the uttermost unto due perfection First of all you have the assurance of the first great promise that was made The Seed of the Woman shall break the Serpents head Gen. 3. Saith the Lord to the Serpent I will put enmity between thee and the Woman and between thy Seed and her Seed If there be enmity between Satan and us there will be peace between God and us where God saith he will put enmity between the Devil and us he doth there promise that there shall be peace and reconciliation between God and us now this here he saith And how shall this be done It shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heele It shall be done by him whose heel in his sufferings is bruised by Satan and his Instruments It shall be done by Christ 2. As you have the assurance of the first promise so you have the assurance of what Christ hath done already he will not loose what he hath done he will not loose his work If Jesus Christ did not boggle nor startle at nor fly back from the hardest piece of Mediation which was to satisfie for our sins surely he will not give in and start back from the easier part which is to intercede in Heaven seeing he ever lives to make intercession for us 3. As you have the assurance of what he hath done so you have the assurance also of his delight in this work of mediation If a man undertake a work be able to carry it through and take delight therein he will certainly carry it on Now our Lord Jesus Christ hath undertaken this work he is able God and Man and he hath a delight in this work I delight to do thy will saith he in the 8th Prov. I was by him as one brought up with him and I was daily his delight rejoycing alwayes before him rejoycing in the habitable part of his earth and my delights were with the sons of men Christ's heart was much in this work of Mediation insomuch as if you look into the 3d of Mal. you shall find he sits by it and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver and he shall purifie the Sons of Levi Why That they may offer unto the Lord an offering in Righteousness then shall the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord as in the dayes of old and as in former years Who is this that sits thus at it Why in the former verse it is said Even the Messenger of the Covenant that is Christ Jesus Behold I will send my Messenger and he shall prepare the way before me there 's John the Baptist And the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his Temple even the Messenger of the Covenant here 's Christ whom ye delight in Behold he shall come and what shall he do Why he shall sit at this work his heart is much in this work his delight is in it and therefore you have the assurance of his delight that he will carry it on 4. As you have the assurance of his Delight so you have the assurance of his Name and Title JESVS Jesus the Mediator of the Covenant why Jesus why not Christ why not Jesus Christ as in other Scriptures Look into the Book of the Hebrews and you shall find frequently that Christ is called Jesus Why because this Title was more sutable to the Priestly Office of Christ which the Apostle is opening in the Book of the Hebrews It notes also the Deity of Christ Jesus signifies Saviour they go here together Jesus the Mediator Why because as he is a Mediator in order to our salvation so he is a Saviour in the way of Mediation Therefore they go here together And therefore as Jesus is able to save to the uttermost so as Mediator he will perform this work of Mediation to the uttermost And thus now I have done with the third thing namely That Jesus hath undertaken this work To mediate between God and us and he will certainly carry it on unto due perfection 4. But then Fourthly How and in what respects is Jesus said to be the Mediator of the New Covenant Upon a threefold account Upon the account of stipulation Upon the account of Confirmation Upon the account of Suretiship First He is the Mediator of the New Covenant upon the account of stipulation for he it was that did strike the Covenant for us with God the Father See what is said in 2 Tim. 1. Who hath saved us saith the Apostle and called us with an holy calling not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the World began So that there was a Treatment between God the Father and Christ concerning us and Christ received grace for us before the World began And as the first Adam did strike the Covenant of works with God the Father for his Seed so Jesus did strike the Covenant of grace for his Seed with God the Father and so called the second Adam A Mediator therefore of the New Covenant he is in regard of stipulation he it was that struck up the Covenant first with the Father 2. As he is a Mediator of the New Covenant upon the account of stipulation so upon the account of Confirmation for he hath confirmed the Covenant He confirmed the Covenant by his active obedience while he lived and by his passive obedience when he died By his active obedience while he lived Dan. 9.27 He shall confirm the Covenant with many for one Week Larabbim you read it with many but rather he shall confirm the Covenant for many not for all but he shall confirme the Covenant for many for one Week And he did confirme the Covenant also by his passive obedience in his Death Hebrews 9. For this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament That by means of death for the Redemption of the transgressions that were under the first Testament they which are called might receive the Promise For the Apostle explains it by a Similitude Where a Testament is there must also of necessity be the death of the Testator For a Testament is of force after men are dead otherwise it is of no strength at all whilst the Testator liveth So that plainly then The Lord Jesus Christ did confirme the Covenant by his Death Onely the Question is how Christ did confirme the Covenant by his death The Socinians would make the World believe that Christ did confirme the Covenant by his death in a way of Testimony and witnesse-bearing onely for say they Christ preached the Gospel while he liv'd and when he dyed he did by his death seal it and confirme the truth