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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

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

Child yet he did not pray for a Child for he could not believe that he should have a Child so that God gave him a Child in a way of preventing mercy and yet it was in answer of prayer too So here in the Text Thou hast given him his hearts desire and hast not with-holden the request of his lips for thou hast prevented him with the blessings of thy goodness Why why although the mercy received may be an answer of prayer in regard of the body of it yet it may come in a way of preventing love as to the moreness of it so it was with David so with Hezekiah and so with Zacharias That 's a fourth thing God doth sometimes prevent as in reference to our prayer giving in mercy beyond all our prayers 5. And then fifthly As God doth prevent us in reference to our prayers so in reference to our believing thoughts or expectances When the Lord turned the Captivity of Zion we were like them that dreamed why were we as them that dreamed Why truly we never looked for it nor expected it we did not think on it it was beyond all our expectations Thus God doth prevent us sometimes in reference to our expectances to our faith and to our thoughts 6. As he thus prevents us with his mercy in reference to our thoughts and faith and expectance so in reference to his own promises and the conditions thereof if I promise a man a kindness upon a condition and do that kindness for him when he hath not performed the condition then I prevent him with kindness Now the Lord hath promised many a mercy upon a condition and yet given the mercy when we have not performed the condition I said sayes David I would confess my sin and thou Lord forgavest my iniquity Lord thou hast made a promise of forgiveness upon condition of our confession and humiliation I did not go so far I did but say I would confess my sin and thou prevented'st me with thy forgiving Love Thus now you see how and in what respects God doth prevent us with his mercy he doth prevent us with his mercy in reference to our deservings in reference to his own proceedings of Common Providence in reference to all our Prayers in reference to our Faith and Expectance in reference to our Preparedness and in reference to his own Promises and the conditions thereof That 's the Second III. Well but then thirdly what are those choice blessings wherewith God will prevent his people What not But the greater the blessing is the more it is steeped in Preventing Love There are outward blessings and there are inward blessings there are temporal blessings and there are eternal blessings Now though the preventing love of God doth shine forth in all yet the greater the blessing or the mercy is the more it is irradiated with the beams of preventing Love Will ye instance 1. First Will ye instance in the great matter of our Redemption What greater mercy or blessing then our Redemption in and by Jesus Christ that 's of Grace in whom we have Redemption through his blood the forgiveness of our sins according to the riches of his Grace And when Christ came into the World in reference to our Redemption to take our Nature upon him do but see what a pack of wicked men were then extant upon the ground in the Luke 3.1 Now in the fifteenth year of the Reign of Tiberius Caesar there s one Pontius Pilate being Governour of Judea there 's another and Herod being Tetrarch of Galilee there 's another and his Brother Philip Tetrarch of Iturea Annas and Caiphas being High-Priests the Word of God came unto John the Son of Zacharias in the Wilderness And why was Christ born in such a time as this and among such Company but all to shew that the work of our Redemption was to be carried on in a way of Preventing Love 2. Or will ye instance in the matter of our Conversion What greater mercy or blessing then our Conversion yet look into the 33 of Job and you shall see how that Mercy comes swimming down the stream of preventing Love God speaketh once yea twice and yet man perceiveth it not What then In a dream in a vision of the night when deep sleep falleth upon men in slumbrings upon the bed then he openeth the ears of men and sealeth their instruction 3. Or will ye instance in the matter of our Justification What greater mercy or blessing then that of our Justification Yet this also comes swimming down the stream of preventing Love for he justifies the ungodly And in the 4th of the Romans it is said of Abraham that he was justified not yet circumcised for we say that faith was reckoned to him for righteousness vers 9. How was it then reckoned When he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision not in circumcision but in uncircumcision Why why not in circumcision but in his uncircumcision but to shew that this mercy of Justification must be carryed on in a way of preventing Love 4. Or will ye instance in the matter of our Sanctification What greater mercy then to be truly sanctified Yet this also comes swimming down the stream of preventing Love I will wash ye with clean water Such and such were some of you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified in the Name of the Lord. This also in a way of preventing Love 5. Will ye instance in the matter of Consolation What greater mercy t●en for a poore drooping soul to be truly comforted This also comes in a way of preventing Love e're ever I was aware before I was aware saith the Spouse My Soul was as the Charets of Aminadab I was unwilling to receive the Promise my Soul refused to be comforted but e're ever I was aware my Soul was as the Charets of a willing people of Aminadab that is of a willing people When Christ was dead how sad was Mary Christ did but come unto her and say Mary and she was comforted 6. Will ye instance in the Revelation of the truths of the times What greater blessing then for a man to be well acquainted with the truth of the times in opposition to Antichrist Now sayes John in the 1 of Revel when these truths were given out I heard a voice behind me before I was aware God prevented me acquainting me with these truths of the Revelations 7. Or will ye instance in outward blessings or mercies then I 'le appeal to you In the great turnings of your lives hath not God prevented you with his blessings It is true we are to trade in a way of Prayer to gain outward blessings and mercies but I say when ever did you meet with any great turn of your life but it was cast by preventing Love before Prayer came in So that do ye ask what are those choise blessings wherewith God will prevent his people You see here what they are So I have done with the third thing