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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.
There are four things wherein and for which God will be eternally admired. 1. In making this Covenant of grace. 2. In giving his only Son for a Saviour. 3. In bringing any sinner to Christ, and into the Covenant. 4. In the glorifying of them that believe.
There are foure things wherein and for which God will be eternally admired. 1. In making this Covenant of grace. 2. In giving his only Son for a Saviour. 3. In bringing any sinner to Christ, and into the Covenant. 4. In the glorifying of them that believe.
3. Sometimes that is styled New, which is excellent and very necessary, John 113. 34. A New Commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; this Commandment is a new Commandment; that is, it is a rare, an excellent, a necessary Commandment; so Revel. 2. 17. To him that overcomes I will give a New name; that is, an excellent name, to be one of the sons of God, which is called a dignity, an excellent privilege, John 1. 12. In this respect also is the Covenant of grace styled New, it is an excellent Covenant, and very 2necessary.
3. Sometimes that is stiled New, which is excellent and very necessary, John 113. 34. A New Commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; this Commandment is a new Commandment; that is, it is a rare, an excellent, a necessary Commandment; so