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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.
O, But will he give me Christ? yes he will give his Christ, that greatest gift that ever was given to sinners; he is the gift of God; O but will he give me mercy to pardon my sins? and all my sins? yes, he will show mercy, and will forgive all thy sins whereby thou hast sinned against him; O but will he give me Faith? yes, he will draw you to Christ, and put forth an Almighty power to make you to believe; O but will he give me another heart? yes, I will give thee a new heart, &c. O but I must pray if I would have these, and I cannot pray! why? and it is his Covenant to give you the Spirit of grace and supplication; Let these things quiet your sorrowful and troubled souls; There is enough in the Covenant for you, and all that is there, is to be given.
O, But will he give me Christ? yes he will give his Christ, that greatest gift that ever was given to sinners; he is the gift of God; O but will he give me mercy to pardon my sinnes? and all my sinnes? yes, he will shew mercy, and will forgive all thy sinnes whereby thou hast sinned against him; O but will he give me Faith? yes, he will draw you to Christ, and put forth an Almighty power to make you to believe; O but will he give me another heart? yes, I will give thee a new heart, &c. O but I must pray if I would have these, and I cannot pray! why? and it is his Covenant to give you the Spirit of grace and supplication; Let these things quiet your sorrowful and troubled soules; There is enough in the Covenant for you, and all that is there, is to be given.
2. Be content to come and receive, seeing God is pleased in this Covenant to be 1giving: He is all upon the giving hand, and we should be all upon the receiving hand; The giving works is Gods work, and the receiving work is our work; he finds the gift, you must open your hand and take it. O what a blessed Covenant is this, wherein you may have all for asking and receiving! Mat. 7. 7. Ask, and it shall be given.