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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

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saith Moses now And therefore saith Christ If thy Brother offend thee tell him of it and if he hear not call two or three and if he mind not then tell it to the Church and if he hear not the Church let him be as a Heathen or Publican to you for when two or three are gathered together in my Name I am in the midst of them Matth. 18. We are to hear what Jesus saith in this matter and not what Moses And as then in the times of the Old Testament they had recourse to Moses under God for their Ministry and Moses did direct them unto Priests and Levites for their Ministers So now in the times of the New Testament we are to have recourse to Jesus for our Ministry and therefore saith the Apostle He hath set in the Church Pastors and Teachers And in Ephes 4. He hath ascended up on high and he hath given gifts unto Men Pastors a●d Teachers and the like We are to hear what Jesus saith now and not what Moses for our Ministry And as in the times of the Old Testament they had then recourse unto Moses for the Ordinances for their Sabbaths for their Sacraments and for their Worship So now in the times of the New Testament we are to hear what Jesus saith and to have recourse to him for these things Go saith our Saviour Christ and teach all Nations baptizing them and teaching them to observe and do what I command you Matth. 28. And for the Lords Supper What I received of the Lord that delivered we unto you saith the Apostle And for the Sabbath The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath Go to him for your Sabbath not to Moses but unto him And for Worship saith our Saviour Christ unto the Woman of Samaria John 4.23 The hour cometh and now is when the true Worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him You that are Samaritans you have worshipt God but you have not worshipt God according to his own appointment you have not worshipt him in Truth The Jews they have worshipt God according to Gods appointment but not with the Spirit But now the hour cometh when men shall worsh●p the Father in Spirit and in Truth In Truth in opposition to Samaritans that did not worship according to appointment And in Spirit in opposition to the Jews that worshipt God Legally and without the Spirit Thus we must hear what Jesus saith And as then in the times of the Old Testament they had recourse to Moses still when they wanted Bread he under God gave them Manna and he gave them water out of the Rock So now in the times of the New Testament we are to have recourse to Jesus for our Bread In John 6. saith Christ Labour not for the meat which perisheth but for the mea● that indureth to everlasting life which the Son of man shall give unto you for him hath God the Father sealed And as in the times of the Old Testament they had much recourse to Moses for their Faith If they could not believe Moses wrought miracles before them and they believed Insomuch as it s said in the 14. of Exod. last And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians and the people feared the Lord and believed the Lord and his Servant Moses But now what saith Jesus Let not your heart be troubled ye believe in God believe also in me Not in God and in Moses but ye believe in God believe also in me And to say no more in it but this In the times of the Old Testament they had recourse to Moses for their Rest M●ses was to lead them up to Canaan and the Land of Rest And so now in the times of the New Testament we are to have recourse to Jesus for our Rest for saith he himself Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest Thus as in the times of the Old Testament they were upon all occasions to have recourse to Moses So now in the times of the New Testament upon all occasions we are to have recourse to Jesus the Mediator of the New Testament for saith the Lord by Moses in the 18. of Deut. 18. v. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their Brethren like unto thee rather as thee that is as I raised up thee and will put my words in his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him Which the Apostle applies unto Christ Acts 3.22 For Moses truly said unto the Fathers a Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your Brethren like unto me rather as me 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as me that is as he raised up me not like unto me as the Socinians would argue from hence That Chri● must be but Man like to Moses For Moses truly sai● unto the Fathers a Prophet shall the Lord your Go● raise up unto you of your Brethren like unto me rather as me That is as he raised up me Him shal● ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say un● you So that thus As they had recourse to Mose● upon all occasions in the time of the Old Testament so now we are to have recourse unto Jesus And thu● we see what it is to come unto Jesus the Mediator o● the New Covenant in opposition unto Moses the Mediator of the Old Covenant 2. But then secondly Whether is it possible for a man that doth profess to come unto Jesus the Mediaator of the New Covenant still to have recourse to Moses that is Whether is it possible for a man to be Legal and Mosaical in these Gospel times Without all doubt it is and I wish if it were the will of the Lord that too many were not found upon Legal ground among Pr●f●ssors What think you of the Galatians Did not they live in Gospel Times Did not they profess to come unto Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant Yet see how the Apostle treats them and reproves them again and again for their being too Legal too Mosaical Ye are fallen from Grace saith he My little children of whom I trav●● in birth again till Christ be formed in you Ye are so much for Moses and the Law that I travel in birth again till Christ be formed in you As there was a mixture of the Gospel in the time of the Law so there may be too great a mixture of the Law in the times of the Gospel And I pray what think you Are there not very many that live under the Gospel in whom sin reigns Yes many live under the Gospel in whom sin reigns And saith the Apostle Let not sin reign in your mortal bodies for ye are not under the Law but under Grace If you be under the Law then sin will reign in you And what 's the reason that sin reigns in many that live under the Gospel
workings of the Law first Yet notwithstanding if I will lay a necessity upon such a precedency of a legal work before I do come to Christ then I am too legal 7. In the times of the Old Testament men did then upon any great discovery of God flie from God as when God gave out the Law they fled from God And when Christ did a great work before Peter Lord saith he depart from me for I am a sinful man But now in the Gospel the greater the discovery is the more a Gospel Spirit doth draw near to God Oh 't is good for me to be here saith he 8. The time of the Old Testament was a time of the Letter And therefore if a man of a legal spirit can but perform his duty according to the Letter of the Commandment he is satisfied But the times of the New Testament are the times of the Spirit We are not Ministers of the Letter but of the Spirit And therefore a Gospel spirit though he can perform his duty according to the Letter of the Command yet if he don't attain the spirit in it he is unsatisfied 9. To say no more in it but this In the times of the Old Testament God spake by Visions and Dreams and Signs But now in these latter days he hath spoken by his Son and we have a more sure word of Prophesie whereunto we do well that we take heed So that thus you see that there is a difference and what the difference is between the way of the Old and New Testament between an Old Testament and a New Testament spirit F●urthly But then 4ly Suppose now that I have recourse too much to M●ses in these Gospel times and not enough unto Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant Suppose I be legal in these Gospel times is there any great danger in it Much very much And I pray consider it that we may be all found upon Gospel ground in this Gospel day Danger I say much For I. The more legal you are in Gospel times the more sinful you will be and the less able for to live unto God 1. The more sinful you will be For saith the Apostle Let not sin reign in your mortal body for ye are not under the Law but under Grace And the less able you will be to live unto God For saith the Apostle Gal. 2.19 I through the Law am dead to the Law that I might live unto God Till ye be dead unto the Law you will never live unto God and in the Rom. 7. Ye are become dead to the Law by the body of Christ that ye should be married to another even to him who is raised from the dead that we should bring forth fruit untr God Dead unto the Law That ye may bring forth fruit unto God Never think of bringing forth fruit unto God while you are upon a legal ground and come not off fully to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant 'T is observed that the Law was given out twice in Tables of Stone And the first time that they were given out God did cut out the Tables of Stone and he himself did write the Law with his own Finger in those Tables The second time Moses cut out the Tables of Stone and Moses wrote the words of the Commandment upon those Tables In the 34. of Exod. Hew thee two Tables of Stone like unto the first saith God Well so he did at the 28. v. And he wrote upon the Tables the words of the Covenant the Ten Commandments The first Tables were of Gods own making and the writing was of Gods own Finger The second Tables were of Moses framing and Moses writing and yet the first were broken the second kept What should be the Reason One would think that the first Tables should have been kept as a holy thing rather then the second but the first were broken and the second kept why For a good reason saith Austine because when the Commandment was given in the first Tables then God appeared in a dreadful way with Thundring and Lightning When God gave out the Commandments again the Lord appeared in a way of Grace The Lord proclaimed unto Moses Exod 34. The Lord the Lord God merciful and gracious long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth keeping mercy for thousands Thus God proclaimes himself as a gracious and merciful God and when the Law comes out now 't is kept No such way to keep the Commandments of the Law as from the consideration of the free grace and mercy of God When the Law comes out with a Gospel hand I then it 's kept and the Commandment not broken So that I say the more Legal you are the more sinful you will be and the less able you will be for to live unto God 2. The more Legal you are the more opposite you are to your own assurance to a full setled assurance of your interest in God and Christ We have not received the Spirit of bondage you read it again to fear but the Spirit of Adoption whereby we cry Abba Father Assurance is a work of the Comforter but the Spirit of servitude 't is opposite to the Spirit of Adoption whereby we cry Abba Father 't is a great Enemy unto true assurance Now is it not a miserable thing for a man or woman to be always fluctuating and never to have assurance setled The more Legal you are the more opposite to your own assurance But 3. Though you do serve and worship the true God yet if you worship him in a Legal way your worship will be Antichristian For what 's Antichrist and who is Antichrist The Apostle John tells you in the 1 Epist 4.3 Every Spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God and this is that Spirit of Antichrist whereof you have heard that it should come But shall Antichrist deny Christ to be come in the flesh in so many terms No He shall not deny the Incarnation of Christ for he shall sit in the Temple of God How then shall Antichrist deny Christ to be come ●n the flesh He shall set up such a Worship as was before Christ came in the flesh As in the time of the Old Testament before Christ came in the flesh there was an outward glorious and a pompous Worship so shall Antichrist have As in the time of the Old Testament before Christ came in the flesh there was a Temple and a great Cathedral so shall Antichrist have As in the time of the Old Testament before Christ came in the flesh there was a High-Priest and Priests and Levites so shall Antichrist have As in the time of the Old Testament before Christ came in the flesh there were Copes and Ephods and Linnen Coats so shall Antichrist have As in the time of the Old Testament before Christ came in the flesh there were Candles and Tapers and Musick in the Temple so shall Antichr●st have As in the
will I remember no more Heb. 8. Do you say O but I don't find that constant frame of heart unto what is good why saith the Lord in the Covenant I will write my Law in your heart Do you say O but I am a poor ignorant creature why saith the Lord in the Covenant You shall all know me from the greatest to the least and you shall be taught of God Do you say O but my heart is hard why saith the Lord in the Covenant I will take away the heart of stone and give an heart of flesh Do you say O but I want the Spirit of God within me why saith the Lord I will put my spirit within you Do you say I cannot walk with God as I ought why saith the Lord in the Covenant I will cause you to walk in my wayes Do you say I fear I shall fall away and goe to hell at last why saith the Lord in the Covenant I will put my fear into your hearts and you shall not depart from me These even these besides Heaven and besides the blessings of this Earth so all these blessings are promised in the Covenant of Grace and if Christ be the Mediator of the New Covenant then do these blessing● belong to you for he is Surety as well as Mediator But 5. Is it not a great matter to have the Lor● Jesus to interpose between God the Father an● you to take up all differences as they may arise why if Jesus be the Mediator of the Covenant so it is If any man sin we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous who is the propitiation for our sins 6. Is it not a great matter for you to enter into the Holy of Holyest and to have all your duties carried in to God the Father by the hand of Jesus If he be your Mediator so it is Rev. 8. 7. Is it not a great matter in case that you have to deal with enemies either for Soul or Body to have one by that can and will interpose and rebuke them Why if Jesus be the Mediator of the Covenant thus shall it be He interposed between Laban and Jacob when Laban followed Jacob he rebuked Laban He interposed in the case of Joshua when Satan stood at his right hand the Lord rebuke thee as in the 3d Chapter of Zechary The same word in the Hebrew that Job useth for Dayes-man comes from a root that signifies to rebuke 8. And then to say no more in it but this Is it not a great matter for one that is in trouble or affliction of spirit to have Christ to interpose between God the Father and him when he lyes under the sense of Gods wrath and displeasure Why if Christ be the Mediator of the New Covenant then thus it is Look into the 33. Chapter of Job and see what a scheme and mold of Conversion-work there is vers 14. God speaketh once yea twice yet man perceiveth it not Here is man in his naturall state and condition going on in the way of his sin living under the means and God speaking once and twice and he perceives it not Well then at the 15th vers 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 Here comes a work of Conviction and Conversion suddenly unexpectedly and what then then trouble of Conscience at the 19th vers He is chastened also with paine upon his bed and the multitude of his bones with strong paine so that his life abhorreth bread and his soul dainty meat his flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seen and his bones that were not seen stick out his soul draweth nigh unto the Grave and his life to the Destroyers What then why then at the 23. vers If there be a Messenger Christ is the Messenger of the Covenant If there be a Messenger with him an Interpreter an Advocate if there be a Messenger with him or an Advocate by him one of a thousand as Christ is To shew unto man his Righteousness where his Righteousnesse lyes What then why then he is gracious unto him and saith Deliver him from going down to the pit I have found a Ransome And then his flesh shall be fresher then a childs he shall returne to the dayes of his Youth he shall pray unto God and he will be favourable unto him and he shall see his face with joy for he will render unto man his Righteousnesse Thus now shall it be if Jesus be the Mediator of the New Covenant Oh what a confortable thing therefore is it for Jesus to be this Mediator of the Covenant And thus you see in the 5th place what those benefits are that we do gaine thereby 6. But then sixthly what are those doctrinal Corrolaries or practical duties that do flow from hence 1. If Jesus be the Mediator of the New Covenant what an evil thing is it and unreasonable for men to think or speak or do any thing that may reflect upon this Mediator of the New Covenant or to sin against this New Covenant There are some Opinions that do reflect and cast a black reflection upon Jesus the Mediator of the Covenant The Socinian tells us that Jesus is a Mediator such a one as Moses was to declare the mind of God unto us but not a Mediator in way of satisfaction to satisfie Gods wrath They say he is a Mediator but not a Surety to merit for us or to pay our debt for us They say he is a Mediator but deny the Deity of Christ and so root up the very mediation of Christ they cast a very black reflection upon this Mediator The Papists they say that Christ is a Mediator and our onely Mediator in a way of Redemption but we have many Mediators in a way of Intercession Saints and Angels They say that Christ is Mediator but according to his humane nature only whereas the Apostle saith expresly that he offered up himself through the Eternal Spirit Thus they reflect upon this Mediator And for practise Is it not a great reflection upon this Mediator for us to think that we our selves by our own Tears and Fastings and Humiliations can reconcile God unto us or pacifie Gods Anger or make an Attonement for a Nation Is it not a very great reflection upon this Mediator to say O my sins are greater then can be forgiven Is not this a very blameable reflection upon this Mediator of the New Covenant But there are four or five wayes especially wherein we do sin against the Covenant First by not looking into it not studying it not being acquainted with it Shall the Lord Jesus be such a Mediator of such a Covenant and shall we not look into the Covenant and be acquainted with it Yet Lord how many poor souls are there that are ignorant of this Covenant What unthankfulnesse is this what a sin against the
dispensation then God is said to repent So it repented the Lord that he had made man in the 6. of Gen. 2. Secondly If you ask Whether God doth or will at any time repent I Answer yes Expressly in the 32 Exod. 14. And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people 'T is a direct Answer of prayer to the very words At the 12. v. Moses prayes Turn from thy fierce wrath and repent of this evil ag●inst thy people And at the 14. v. The Lord repented of the ●v●l which he thought to do unto his people God doth and will some times repent Onely you must know God will more easily repent of his Judgments than of his Mercies And you must know that the gifts of God are of two sorts Ordinary and Common gifts and so God repents of them and he takes them away It repented the Lord that he had made man Of the gifts of God that concern effectual vocation so God repenteth not For the gifts and callings of God are without repentance Those gifts that concern our effectual Vocation those God repents not of 3. But then Thirdly how may it appear that when the Lord doth return unto his people that then he will repent him concerning his Servants Why that appears by the thing it self If a man say he will go from such a Town and never return again and then do return he doth repent him concerning the thing by his return And so concerning God In the 18th Jer. At what instant I shall speak concerning a Nation and concerning a Kingdom to pluck up and to pul down and to destroy it If that Nation against whom I have pronounced turn from their evil I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them Well 4. But then 4thly How shall we know in case God be absent or God be departed how shall we be able in the time of Gods absence or departure to know that God will return again Suppose that God be withdrawn from my soul in particular I am this day under a spiritual desertion how shall I know that God will return again to me Or suppose that God have forsaken and departed much from the Nation how shall we know whether God will return again or no Indeed it is a very hard thing to bear the departures of God But yet if I did know that God would return again I should be comforted How therefore shall I know both in reference to my own soul in particular and in reference to the Nation that God will return again Here are two cases and I shall speak all along to both If your Question do relate unto your own particular case and soul I Answer thus You may know it by your Relations If you be in Covenant with God God will return again to you though now he be absent Though he afflict you with Rods his loving kindness will he not take away nor suffer his faithfulness to fail Will a Father or Mother leave their Child no I am sure God will not Joseph was under a great displeasure with his Brethren yet notwithstanding at the last he could hold no longer but he bursts out and saith I am your Brother Joseph And so though you be under some great displeasure from Christ yet there is a time when Christ will break forth and say unto you I am yous Brother Jesus And I say if you be in Covenant with God you may conclude it for so doth the Psalmist Psal 42. ult I shall yet praise him My soul thou art cast down and disquieted but be quieted for I shall yet praise him Why he is the health of my Countenance and my God You may know it then by your Relations But 2. Though God or Christ be gon and in a great measure departed from your souls yet If you cannot leave God God cannot leave you In our conversion God comes to us before we come to him But in Apostasie we depart from God before he departs from us How is it therefore with you Can you say truly My soul cannot leave God then conclude and say God will return again and cannot leave you But 3. Though God be very much gon and departed from you in a great measure Yet if in the time of his absence he doth send you letters and tokens of love you may know for certain he will return again Possibly God or Christ may appoint an affliction to bring you a token or to bring you a message of love in the time of his absence Possibly he may appoint or order some providence to bring you a Token or some message of love Possibly he may order and appoint upholding mercy to be a pledge to you of delivering mercy And believe it upholding mercy is alwaies a pledge of delivering mercy How is it therefore with you are you deserted is Christ gon yet have you not had the upholding presence of God all this while then be of good Comfort Christ is not gon but he will return again 4. If your case and condition be such that although you cannot find Christ Christ is gon though Christ be gon and departed from you and you cannot find him yet If you can direct others to the finding of him when you cannot find him then certainly he is not gon but he will return again unto you The Spouse in the Canticles seeks after Christ saith she he hath withdrawn himself and I cannot find him Chap. 5. The Daughters of Jerusalem say whither is thy beloved turned aside that we may seek him with thee my Beloved is gon down into his Garden to the beds of spices Mark she could not find him her self and yet she can direct others to the finding of him What doth this signifie but plainly teach us thus much that though Christ be gon and we cannot find him yet if we can direct others to the finding of him he is not quite gon but he will return again Now is it thus with you when Christ is gon cannot you direct others to the finding of him If you can then build upon it he is not so gon but he will return again But then Secondly suppose that the Lord be departed from this Nation much we are under a very great displeasure of the Lord this day God is departed from us how shall we know now in the time of Gods departure that he will return again to this Nation First you know how it is with a man that doth leave his house though he go away yet if his Children be there and his goods be there his Plate and his Jewels there he will either come again to them or send for them to himself Believe it Christians God hath a very great Cupbord of Plate in this Nation Christ hath much plate in England as much as in any Nation in the World and he will not lose his plate There are three things very pretious in the eies of God His truth His worship His
Children Such plate the Lord hath much of here and he will not lose his plate therefore he will return again Though he may afflict and afflict sorely yet he will return again 2. God will never go while prayer staies If there be a praying spirit and a spirit of prayer be up in this Nation conclude that God is not quite gone but he will return again 3. You may know it by the Providential Pledges that the Lord sends you God was very much displeased with Jonah you know he threw him over-board into the Sea but then he appointed a Whale to receive him to give him entertainment To provide a Chamber of Preservation even in the Belly of destruction What did this signifie It signified thus much that God would deliver him afterwards this Providence was a Pledg for after-deliverance So David was hunted in the Wilderness by Sau● but in the Wilderness God gave Saul into his hand What did that signifie That present deliverance did signifie to David an after-deliverance Now though God be gone and greatly departed from us here Have you not many Providential Pledges of his Love What think you of the house that should have been blown up with fire lately What doth it signifie but thus much That God doth mind to restrain the remnant of their rage How many Pledges Providential pledges have we had of Gods return therefore let us say Yet God will return again But 4ly If your estate and condition be such upon which the Lord will deliver for his Names sake and with a Notwithstanding then why should you not conclude that God will return again Friends There is a time when God will deliver his people for his Names sake and with a notwithstanding all their sins and notwithstanding all his own displeasures Nevertheless he saved them for his Names sake Psal 106. And when is that that God will deliver a people for his Names-sake and with a n●twithstanding Look into the 44. Psal and you shall see when Look when a people do suffer for his Names-sake then God will deliver for his Name sake Arise for our help and redeem us for thy Mercy sake Why at the 22. v. For thy sake we are killed all the day long and accounted as Sheep for the slaughter Therefore Lord arise for thy Name sake For for thy sake are we killed When a people suffer for God's Names sake then God will deliver for his Names sake then God will deliver with a notwithstanding How is it with you now You are in a suffering day but are not all your sufferings for the Name of Christ Be of good comfort then though God may be departed and your City destroyed yet he is n●t quite gone but will return again But then 5ly What shall we do that God may return again Answer Still I will cary it on in answer to both the Cases If this Question do relate unto your own particular souls If you say God is now gone from me what shall I do that God may return to my soul again I answer briefly First Be sure of this that you keep your door open the door of your hearts open for Christ's return When the Master is abroad the servant fits up to keep the door open for his coming in 2. Be sure of this that now in the time of Christs absence you neglect no duty though very uns●voury to you The more unsavoury the duty now is unto you through the absence of Christ the more acceptable unto Christ 3. Be sure that you go and stand there where Christ uses to be And let me tell you this If you cannot find him where he uses to be you shall find him where he uses not to be as you read in Cant. 3. 4. Then be sure of this that you be not foolish with other lovers in the time of his absence L●st he bear thereof and come home no more 5. Be sure of this also that you do gather in upon Christ by all those words and by all those things whereby he seems to put you away from him As the Woman of Canaan true Lord but the Dogs eat of the Crumbs which made Christ turn in again Oh Woman great is thy Faith be it unto thee even as thou wilt But then 6. Be sure that you send unto him one way or other and tell him that you are sick of love unto his Person Then he returns And 7. Now say Lord though thou killest me yet will I trust in thee Friends it was Faith that brought Christ and your souls together at the first and it must be Faith that must bring Christ and your souls together after a desertion Whatsoever therefore the displeasure of the Lord be upon you say Lord Though thou killest me I will trust in thee Though I cannot see thee yet I will trust in thee and wait upon thee But then Secondly suppose it be the case of the Nation God is departed in a great measure who doth not see it What shall we therefore now do that God may return unto us again Friends Truly it is not an easie thing to bring God back again when he is in a way of displeasure towards a people The Lord was angry and sorely displeased with Jonah The Mariners prayed Jonah confest his sin and yet the storm ceased not yet God goes on I say 't is not an easie thing to bring God back to a Nation when he is once in a way of displeasure against a people And some times the Lord will never return unto a people again The case of the Gaderens in the matter of their Hogs The whole City came unto Christ and besought him to be gone And away he went and we don't read that ever he came there again Sometimes he will return again but with reserves of after-Judgments In Exod. 32. Moses prayed and the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people v. 14. But saith he v. 34. Nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them Nevertheless For all I thus repent me and for all I do thus return unto them nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them Sometimes I say he doth return with reserves of after-Judgments yet if you look into the 3d. of Deut. the thing is exprest The Lord will judge his people and repent himself for his Servants when he seeth that their power is gone and there is none shut up or left Well but then what shall we do It is too manifest God is in a great measure gone from us and departed from us what shall we do now that God may return again unto this Nation First Be sure that you make your peace with Christ Christ is this day offended his Gospel and Institutions trampled upon A Prophet will the Lord your God raise up among you hear ye him if not he will not pardon you that is Christ He that sins against the great Remedy shall be