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The bowels of tender mercy sealed in the everlasting covenant wherein is set forth…
The bowels of tender mercy sealed in the everlasting covenant wherein is set forth the nature, conditions and excellencies of it, and how a sinner should do to enter into it, and the danger of refusing this covenant-relation : also the treasures of grace, blessings, comforts, promises and privileges that are comprised in the covenant of Gods free and rich mercy made in Jesus Christ with believers / by that faithful and reverend divine, Mr Obadiah Sedgwick ... ; perfected and intended for the press, therefore corrected and lately revised by himself, and published by his own manuscript ...The bowels of tender mercy sealed in the everlasting covenant wherein is set forth the nature, conditions and excellencies of it, and how a sinner should do to enter into it, and the danger of refusing this covenant-relation : also the treasures of grace, blessings, comforts, promises and priviledges that are comprized in the covenant of Gods free and rich mercy made in Jesus Christ with believers / by that faithful and reverend divine, Mr Obadiah Sedgwick ... ; perfected and intended for the press, therefore corrected and lately revised by himself, and published by his own manuscript ...
London: printed by Edward Mottershed for Adoniram Byfield, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Quest. How is that? will you say.
Sol. Thus it i• The Lord saith, I am God Almighty; I […] the Lord, the Lord, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, abundant in […] and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; Will you accept of such a God to be your God? O with all our hearts! we are undone unless the merciful and gracious God be our God! And saith God, I am an holy God; I the Lord am holy; the Lord thy God is an holy God; I am of purer eyes than to behold sin, I hate and abhor it; and if you will have me to be your God, you must be holy as I am holy; your hearts must be holy, and your lives must be holy; you must be willing to renounce and forsake every one of your sinful lusts, and every one of your sinful ways; Are you willing to be holy in all manner of conversation? if your hearts can answer to the Lord; O Lord! I have been a sinful wretch, and I have a sinful heart, which is the burden of my soul! I am content to be made holy, I beseech thee make me holy; I should bless thee with all my soul, if thou wouldest be pleased to give thy holy Spirit to me, if thou wouldest change my heart by thy renewing grace, if thou wouldest cleanse me from all my uncleanness, if thou wouldest mortify and subdue in me every sinful lust and affection; And saith God, I am the great and mighty God, the Lord of all, the Lord of Lords, and I give Laws to all my people, and will be feared and obeyed, and I will have you to set up my Will for your Rule, and I will have you to do the work which I appoint you, and to walk only in such paths of righteousness and obedience as I require and prescribe.
Sol. Thus it i• The Lord saith, I am God Almighty; I 〈…〉 the Lord, the Lord, graci•u•, and merciful, long-suffering, abundant in 〈…〉 and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sinne; Will you accept of such a God to be your God? O with all our hearts! we are undone unlesse the merci•ul and gracious God be our God! And saith God, I am an holy God; I the Lord am holy; the Lord thy God is an holy God; I am of purer eyes than to behold sinne, I hate and abhorre it; and if you will have me to be your God, you must be holy as I am holy; your hearts must be holy, and your lives must be holy; you must be willing to renounce and forsake every one of your sinful lusts, and every one of your sinful wayes; Are you willing to be holy in all manner of conversation? if your hearts can answer to the Lord; O Lord! I have been a sinful wretch, and I have a sinful heart, which is the burden of my soul! I am content to be made holy, I beseech thee make me holy; I should blesse thee with all my soul, if thou wouldest be pleased to give thy holy Spirit to me, if thou wouldest change my heart by thy renewing grace, if thou wouldest cleanse me from all my uncleannesse, if thou wouldest mortifie and subdue in me every sinful lust and affection; And saith God, I am the great and mighty God, the Lord of all, the Lord of Lords, and I give Lawes to all my people, and will be feared and obeyed, and I will have you to set up my Will for your Rule, and I will have you to do the work which I appoint you, and to walk only in such pathes of righteousnesse and obedience as I require and prescribe.