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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

his own Blood But Jesus did he offered up himself by the Eternal Spirit as in the 9th of the Heb. 3. And though Abel and the Fathers of the Old Testament offered excellent sacrifices yet they offered often and so those sacrifices could not make the Commers thereunto perfect saith the Apostle But Christ offered himself once for all And so he hath for ever perfected them that are sanctified Heb. 10. 4. Though Abel and the Fathers in the Old Testament did offer excellent sacrifices yet their sacrifice was after their sin committed when they had commited a sin then they were to get a sacrifice and possibly they might have died before the sacrifice was offered but the sacrifice of Christ is before our sin is committed we cannot die between the sin and the sacrifice 5. And though Abel and the Fathers of the Old Testament offered excellent sacrifices the blood whereof was sprinkled on the people yet that was but to the purifying of the flesh for saith the Apostle at the 13th v. of the 9th Chap. If the Blood of Bulls and of Goats and the ashes of an Heifer sprinkling the unclean sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh c. But the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus purgeth our Consciences from dead works How much more shall the blood of Christ who through the Eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God purge your Conscience from dead works to serve the living God Upon which words saith Capellus you have here the excellencie of this offering above all other offerings in the World above the offerings of the Heathen above the offerings of the Jews above the offerings of the Christians Above the offerings of the Heathens for they sacrificed to Devills but he offered himself without spot to God Above the sacrifice of the Jews for their blood of sprinkling sanctifyed to the purifying of the Flesh but this to the purging of your Conscience from dead works Above the offering of the Christians for though Christians offer up spiritual sacrifices to God as prayers and thanksgivings yet not without spot but he offered himself through the Eternal spirit without spot to God 6. And then Though A●el offered an excellent sacrifice and so the Fathers of the Old Testament yet notwithstanding those were for themselves and for those times Abel offered for himself and the Jews for themselves for that time onely but Christ offered a sacrifice for all the World He is the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the World and a Lamb slain from the beginning of the W●rld 7. Again though Abel offered an excellent sacrifice and the Fathers of the Old Testament offe●ed excellent sacrifices and the blood thereof was sprinkled yet it was not sprinkled upon all things but in the 9th Heb 't is said Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the Tabernacle and all the Vessels of the Ministry and almost all things are by the Law purged with blood It was but almost but now by the blood of Jesus all things are purged and cleansed not almost but all things are purged and cleansed Thus now you see what this blood of sprinkling speaketh and how it speaketh better things then the blood of Abel better than his Personal blood and better than his sacrificed blood and that 's the second General 3. Now 3 unto this blood of sprinkling are we come in these Gospel-t●mes We are not come unto the blood of Bulls and Goats and heifers but we are come unto the blood of Jesus the blood of sprinkling For what is the dispensation that we are now under but the dispensation of a cruc●fied Christ There are two Comings of Christ mention'd in the Scripture A coming in a way of meanness riding upon an Ass his first coming is in a way of humiliat●on riding upon an Ass and accordingly his Kingdom is a Kingdom of Patience And there is a coming second Coming of Christ when he comes riding upon the Clouds in power and Great Glory and accordingly his Kingdom then shall be a Kingdom of power and Glory When Christ comes the second time we shall be under Glorious dispensations but now we are under the first Coming of Christ and therefore what is the Dispensation that now we are under but the dispensation of a crucified Christ What doth a Preaching signifie and hold forth but Christ crucified We Preach Christ crucified saith the Apostle What do the Sacraments hold forth why This Cup is the New Testament in my Blood saith he So that now we are under the Dispensation of a crucified Christ In the times of the Old Covenant they did believe in God and God himself was the first object of their Faith and so they came to Christ now in these times of the New Testament the first and immediat object of our Faith is the blood of Christ Faith in the Blood of Christ Rom 3. So that I say It is the blood of Jesus that now we are come unto Well but though in these Gospel-times we are now come to the blood of Jesus the blood of sprinkling yet it may be this blood of sprinkling may not be sprinkled upon my soul When may the blood of sprinkling be said to be sprinkled upon a mans soul How shall I know whether this blood of sprinkling be sprinkled upon my soul in particular that 's a Question of great Concernment Thus therefore 1. If it be your great work in all your Temptations and upon all Occasions to apply your selves unto the blood of Jesus then is the blood of Jesus applyed to you and so sprinkled on you The blood of Jesus is sprinkled on us by the Spirit of God and when it 's sprinkled by the Spirit of God it is applyed If you do make applications of your selves to Christ certainly Christ hath made applications of Himself to you for all our grace is but a reflexion of his Grace we love him because he loved us first and we choose him because he chose us first and we apply our selves to him because he hath applyed himself unto us first If therefore in all Temptations and upon all occasions it be your great work to make an application of your selves unto the blood of Jesus then hath the blood of Jesus been applyed to you and sprinkled upon you 2. If you ever have had such a sight of the blood of Christ as that thereby you are purged from an evil Conscience Then hath this blood been applyed to and sprinkled on you They go together In the 10th Heb. 22 it s said Let us draw neer with a true heart in full assurance of Faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil Conscience or purged the 9th of the Hebrews calls it purged having our hearts sprinkled from an evil Conscience What is that why an evil Conscience is an evil Conscience two wayes either because it is a sluggish Conscience and don 't stirr us up unto our duty and accuse for sin or else because it is a clamorous

in Heaven and Earth are reconciled Col. 1.20 6. Thereby are your souls justified and your sins pardoned In whom we have Redemption through his bloud The forgiveness of our sins Ephes 1. 7. Thereby are you washed and cleansed and sanctified The blood of Jesus cleanseth from all iniquity 1 Iohn 1. 8. Thereby is your great adversary Satan routed and overcome and spoyled Rev. 12. They overcame him by the bloud of the Lamb. 9. Thereby Christ is made welcome by his Father when he comes into Heaven in your name to intercede for you In the times of the Old Testament the high Priest went into the Holy of holiest and carried bloud and sprinkled the Mercy-Seat seven times But the high Priest did not sit down Now in the 10. of Heb. 11. it 's said And every high Priest standeth dayly ministring and offering often times the same sacrifices which can never take away sins But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever sat down at the right Hand of God the Father The high Priest did not then sit down but now when Christ comes into Heaven with your names upon his Heart to sprinkle the Mercy-Seat with his bloud Come my Son saith the Father sit down and welcome upon this account 10. And thereby also have you entrance into the Holy of holiest as in the 10th of the Heb. 11. And if indeed you be sprinkled with this bloud of sprinkling then are you at one with the Mercy-Seat 'T is the same blood that 's sprinkled upon the Mercy-Seat in Heaven and that 's sprinkled upon your souls here on Earth The same bloud in the time of the Old Testament that was sprinkled upon the people was sprinkled upon the Altar and the Mercy-seat so the same bloud that 's now in Heaven sprinkled upon the Mercy-seat is sprinkled upon your hearts 12. If you are sprinkled with this bloud of sprinkling then all the Promises are yours for all the Promises are Yea and Amen in Christ And if Christs bloud be sprinkled on you and applied to you then may you apply the Promises to your selves 13. And if indeed you be sprinkled with this bloud of sprinkling then are all things clean unto you for as the bloud of sprinkling is sprinkled upon your souls so are all your Injoyments be sprinkled with it 14. And if you be indeed sprinkled with the bloud of Jesus then may you go away and say Now are all the blessings of the Covenant mine The day that you are sprinkled with the bloud of Iesus you may say now know I that my sins are pardoned Mercy is mine and Pardon is mine and Adoption is mine As when the Psalmist had a sight of God he cried out and said Gilead is mine and Manasseh is mine So the day that you have this sight of God in being sprinkled with the bloud of Iesus you may cry out and say Not Gilead is mine and Manasseh is mine But Pardon is mine and Adoption is mine and Heaven is mine and God is mine for ever Oh! Who would not labour to get his soul sprinkled now with the bloud of sprinkling 5. You will say in the fifth and last place 'T is a great priviledge to be sprinkled with the bloud of sprinkling We grant it But what shall we do that even we may get our souls sprinkled with the bloud of Iesus the bloud of sprinkling First of all you must know That there is a two-fold sprinkling with the bloud of Sprinkling There is an Initial sprinkling and a Renewed sprinkling As there is an Initial Repentance and a Renewed Repentance so there is an Initial Sprinkling and a Renewed Sprinkling An Initial sprinkling and that 's a mans first Conversion when he is justified according to that in the 1 Cor. 6.11 Such were some of you but you are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God Here 's the Initial sprinkling The Renewed sprinkling is upon a two-fold account 1. Upon the account of some great sin committed and 2. Upon the account of some special duty to be performed A fresh sprinkling there must be upon some great sin committed So in the 51 Psalm saith David Wash me throughly from mine iniquity He had sin'd a great sin but his sin was pardoned Psal 51. Title A Psal● of David when Nathan the Prophet came unto him that was after Nathan came to him And what di● Nathan say he told him his sin was pardoned yet saith David v. 7. Purge me with Hysop I must have a fresh sprinkling after some great sin committed there must be a fresh sprinkling with the blood of Jesus And upon duty to be performed especially some great duty to be performed there must also be a fresh sprinkling In the 10th Heb. 22. Paul saith Let us draw neer with a true heart in full assurance of Faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water why our bodies washed with pure water It relates to the washings in the Old Testament when the Priests were to come to offer a sacrifice there was a Laver and they were then to wash themselves so saith the Apostle let us draw neer to God having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water because upon a new address to God a fresh sprinkling with the blood of Jesus is to be had 'T is not enough to have an old sprinkling with the blood of Jesus but upon all our approaches to God especially after some great sin committed or some special duty to be performed we must come and get a fresh sprinkling with the blood of Jesus 2. You must know also that though you have bin very great sinners yet you are not uncapable of this sprinkling with the blood of Jesus The Apostle saith in that place of the Corinthians Such were some of you what such v. 9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdome of God Be not deceived neither Fornicators nor Idolaters nor Adulterers nor Effeminate nor Abusers of themselves with man-kind nor Thieves nor Covetous nor Drunkards nor Revilers nor Extortioners shall inherit the Kingdom of God And such were some of you but ye are washed how why ye are justified in the name of our Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God which sprinkles which applies the blood of Christ So then though ye have bin great sinners yet you are not uncapable of being sprinkled with this blood of sprinkling 3. You must know this also that there is nothing on this side the blood of Jesus this blood of sprinkling that can cleanse you If any thing should bid for our cleansing methinks it should be our sufferings and persecutions for the name of God but look into the 7th Rev. 14th it's said These are they which came out of great Tribulations and have washed their Robes and made them white in the

and despondent Conscience Now if you have had such a sight of the blood of Jesus as hath quickned your Conscience and wakened your Conscience and yet pacified your Conscience at the same time Then have you been sprinkled with this blood of Jesus You see how they go together in the 10th Chap. 1.2 3. v. But 3. If you have a continual sight and remembrance of the blood of Iesus in all your goings out and your comings in Then hath the blood of Iesus been sprinkled upon you When the destroying Angel passed over the houses of the Israelites the Posts were sprinkled with the blood of the Lamb The Posts And why their Posts But that in all their goings out and their comings in they might have an eye thereunto So now how is it with me Do I not onely find the virtue of the Lord Christ within me But that in all my goings out and comings in I have an eye unto his blood then is his blood sprinkled upon my posts and applied unto me 4. If that you do walk in the Light as God is in the Light then the blood of Iesus hath been and is sprinkled upon you and applied to you 1 John 1.7 But if we walk in the Light as he is in the Light we have fellowship one with another and the Blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin If we walk in the Light as he is in the Light What 's that How is God and Christ in the Light why he is in the Light certainly in regard of Grace and Holiness So he is in the Light and to that purpose the Apostle speaks here So then Although you cannot walk in the Light of Comfort but as a child of Light walking in darkness yet if you do walk in the Light of Holiness walk in the Light as God is in the Light then certainly the blood of Iesus Christ hath cleansed you and so hath been sprinkled upon you 5. If you are indeed separated and set apart for God and for the Work and Service of God then is the blood of Iesus sprinkled upon you He that is dipt in this bloud of sprinkling is separated You shall observe that when the Priests were Consecrated the tip of the right Ear was sprinkled with bloud and the Thumb of the right hand and the Toe of the right Foot And not onely the Priests when they were consecrated were so sprinkled But when a man was cleansed from his Leprosie he was so sprinkled also You have them both in Levi● concerning Aaron Levit. 8.23 He slew the Ram and Moses took of the bloud of it and put it upon the tip of Aarons right ear and upon the thumb of his right hand and upon the great Toe of his right foot This in regard of Aaron In regard of the Leprosie you have it in the 14 of Levit. And of the rest of the Oyl that is in his hand shall the Priest put upon the tip of the right Ear of him that is to be cleansed and upon the Thumb of his right hand and upon the great Toe of his right Foot upon the blood of the Trespass-offering And so in regard of Blood as well as of Oyl what 's the meaning of this that the tip of the right ear was to be toucht with bloud and the thumb of the right hand was to be touched with bloud and the toe of the right foot with bloud both when the Priest was consecrated and when the Leprosie was cleansed But to shew thus much That the whole man is to be set a part for God The Ear of his understanding and knowing part is to be set aside for God The Thumb of his hand the believing part by Faith we lay hold is to be set apart for God And the great Toe of the right foot the Practical part of life and conversation The whole man is to be set apart for God where this sprinkling comes So that look therefore when a man is set apart for the Worship and Service of God Ear and Hand and Foot set a part for the Worship and Service of God then he is said to be sprinkled with this blood of Sprinkling 6. Once more If that you have had such a prospect of Christ crucified and have seen what great and wonderful things Christ hath done and suffered insomuch as your hearts have been astonied therewithal then have your souls been sprinkled with this blood See how they go together Isa 52.13 14 15. Behold My Servant shall deal prudently he shall be exalted and extolled and be very high speaking of Christ As many were astonied at him his Visage was so marred more than any mans and his Form more than the Sons of men so shall he sprinkle many Nations the Kings shall shut their mouths at him for that which had n●t been to●d them shall they see and that which they had not heard shall they consider Where this bloud is sprinkled there comes Astonishment at the Mirror and Wisdom and Mystery of a crucified Christ So that thus now you see that we are come unto this bloud of Sprinkling and how a man shall know whether his own soul be sprinkled with this bloud of sprinkling in particular And is this a small matter 4. The fourth thing tells us It is a priviledge and a very great priviledge to come unto the bloud of sprinkling it is a very great priviledge to be sprinkled with this bloud of Sprinkling It was a very great priviledge for the Jews to have a sacrifice by them at hand when they had committed sin to have the bloud of sprinkling by them But alas what 's that to this what was that sacrifice to this of Christ and what was that bloud to this of Christ and what was that sprinkling unto this sprinkling of the bloud of Jesus Look what difference is between the Type and the thing Typified Look what difference there is between the bloud of Bulls and Goats and the bloud of Jesus Look what difference between Carnal and Spiritual things so great a difference is there between the coming to the blood of Bulls and Goats and the coming to and being sprinkled with the bloud of Jesus Let me open this a little to you if you be indeed come unto this blood of sprinkling and be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Then look whatsoever benefits do flow from the blood of Jesus all those doe belong to you And do you well consider what are the benefits that do flow from the blood of Jesus Let me name some to you 1. Thereby in the General we have redemption In whom we have Redemption through his Blood saith Paul Ephes 1. 2. Thereby the Covenant of Grace is ratified and confirmed Heb. 9. at large 3. Thereby the Church of God is purchased Acts 20. purchased by his bloud By the bloud of God 4. Thereby the Wall of Partition made between Jew and Gentile God and us is broken down Ephes 2.13 5. Thereby all things