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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

the death of his Son much more being reconciled we 〈◊〉 all be saved by his life Rom. 5. and chap. 8.32 He ●at spared not his own Son but delivered him up for 〈◊〉 all how shall he not with him also freely give us all ●●ings If God the Father did give his Son to ●ath for you will he deny you other things Go away and look no more sorrowfull let it ap●are that you know Christ and that you know ●hrist crucified 3. In case at any time any temptation doth a●ise upon you Presently turn and look wishly upon ●hrist crucified and there fix If a man be in a ●●eat temptation possibly the temptation may be ●t by by way of divertisement turning to another ●●ject but if that other object be ingaging ●●en he is helpt thereby not onely by way of di●rtancie but by way of assistance Now if a tem●ation do arise at any time upon any of you pre●●ntly turn your eye fix it upon Christ crucified ●ere stand and there look and thus shall you be helped not onely in a way of divertancie but in way of assistance 4. If you do indeed know Christ crucified the why should you not hold forth the vertues of th● Christ the death of Christ in your dying unto 〈◊〉 things below and say with Paul upon all occa●●ons Henceforth let no man trouble me I bear abo●● in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus You co●● to tempt me to such a sin do not trouble me know Christ crucified henceforth let no man tro●ble me I know Christ crucified answer all yo● temptations thus and be peremptory and resolu●● let no man trouble me do not trouble me I kno● Christ crucified 5. Go away and communicate that knowled● of a crucified Christ unto others your knowled● is nothing unless you make others to know w●● you know There is a twofold revelation 〈◊〉 Christ Christ revealed to men and Christ 〈◊〉 vealed in men as Paul speaks When it pleased 〈◊〉 Lord to reveal Christ IN me When a man ha●● revelation of Christ within him he will com●nicate that knowledge Ye see how it is with 〈◊〉 Sun shining upon the wall and with a Candle 〈◊〉 Lanthorn the Sun shines upon the wall and 〈◊〉 wall enlightens no body why because the Su● not in it but there is a Candle in a Lanthorn a● that enlightens others why because the Cand●● within it So when a man hath a revelation Christ upon him it falls dead as upon a mud w● and he communicates not that light unto others but if Christ be in me the hope of Glory then c●●tainly I shall communicate this knowledge of Ch●● unto others also 6. And to end all if you do know Christ and him crucified then go and place your selves before the Lord as David did when the Lord had made known his mind unto him Then went King David in and sat before the Lord and he said who am I O Lord God and what is my house that thou hast brought me hitherto c. And what can David say more unto thee for thou Lord God knowest thy Servant for thy Word sake and according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things to make thy Servant know them So I say go you and place your selves before the Lord and say What am I Lord O what am I poor ignorant creature as well as others that Christ crucified should be made known to me O the riches and the greatness of the Grace of God According to thine own heart Lord hast thou done this to make these things known unto thy poor Servant Wherefore Glory and Honour unto God the Father and unto the Lamb that sitteth upon the Throne for ever And thus now I have spoken something concerning a crucified Christ as the Object of your Faith the former time concerning the Excellencies of Christ to draw out your Love Now then let your Faith and Love meet together and may your Love be quickned and your Faith strengthned I have enough The New Covenant of Grace opened SERMON III. Heb. 12. 24. And to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covena●● and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh bett●● things then that of Abel IN this Scripture you have the difference b●tween the Law and the Gospel The exce●lency of the state of the Church under t●● New Testament above the state of the Chu●● under the Old Testament for saith the Apostle 〈◊〉 the 18. vers Ye are not come unto the Mount th● might be touched and that burned with fire nor un● blackness and darkness and tempest and the sound of trumpet and the voice of words But ye are come u●to Mount Sion vers 22. and unto the City of the li●ing God the heavenly Jerusalem and to an innum●rable company of Angels c. So that first look how much Mount Sion dot● excell Mount Sinai The City of the living Go●● doth excell the Wilderness and the heavenl● Jerusalem doth excell the Mountain that might b● touched from whence the Law was given 〈◊〉 much doth our state now exceed and excell that of the Jews And saith he Ye are also come unto an innumerable company of Angels The Law was given at Mount Sinai by the ministration of Angels Look therefore how much our communion now with an innumerable company of Angels doth exceed that ministration which was by the ministration of Angels then so much doth our Gospel state now exceed theirs And ye are also come to the general assembly and Church of the first born Look how much the Catholick Church drawn out of all Nations doth exceed the Jewish Synagogue so much doth our Gospel Church state now exceed theirs And ye are come unto God the Judge of all Look therefore how much the manifestation of God as the Judge of all the world doth exceed the manifestation of God as a Law-giver upon Mount Sinai unto the Nation of the Jews onely so much doth our Gospel state and Church exceed theirs And ye are come to the spirits of just men made perfect It is true in regard of the Saints in heaven for we are fellow Citizens with the Saints there Or if you understand it of the spirits of just men made perfect with Gospel perfection by the imputation of the righteousness of Christ it is true So that look as the state of Heaven doth exceed the state of Earth and as Gospel perfection doth exceed the imperfect state of the Law so doth the state of the Church and Gospel now exceed that of the Jews And ye are come to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things then that of Abel Look therefo●● as Jesus Christ the Mediator of the New Covena●● exceeds Moses the Mediator of the Old A●● as the blood of Christ the blood of sprinkling do●● excell and exceed the blood of all sacrifices in t●● time of the Old Testament so doth our Gosp● Church state now exceed that of theirs