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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.
2. The right placing of all persons, and of all things in this Covenant; 1things are well-ordered, when they are well-placed; a thing out of place is out of order; when the Master is in his place, and the servants in their place and the children in their place, now the family is rightly ordered. Now in the Covenant all the persons are set in their right places; Christ keeps his place as Mediator, and God the Father keeps his place as a Donor, and the believing sinner his place as a receiver; here it is revealed what Christ is to do, and what the Father will do, and what the believer is to do; and all things are set in their right place, not promiscuously and confusedly, but with an orderly regard unto sinners; every one hath a right proportion set out, every one hath a right portion set out; here is hope for one that despairs, and here is ease for one that is laden, and here is peace for one who is broken-hearted, and here is mercy for one that is penitent, and here is a Christ for one that hath faith, and here is redemption for one in bondage, and here is righteousness for one that is ungodly, and here is graciousness for one that is unworthy, and here is riches for one that is poor, and here is help for one that is needy, and here is strength for one that is weak, and here is balm for one that is wounded; mercy is well-ordered, and comfort is well-ordered; and a Mediator well-ordered, and righteousness well-ordered, &c.
2. The right placing of all persons, and of all things in this Covenant; 1things are well-ordered, when they are well-placed; a thing out of place is out of order; when the Master is in his place, and the servants in their place and the children in their place, now the family is rightly ordered. Now in the Covenant all the persons are set in their right places; Christ keeps his place as Mediator, and God the Father keeps his place as a Donor, and the believing sinner his place as a receiver; here it is revealed what Christ is to do, and what the Father will do, and what the believer is to do; and all things are set in their right place, not promiscuously and confusedly, but with an orderly regard unto sinners; every one hath a right proportion set out, every one hath a right portion set out; here is hope for one that despairs, and here is ease for one that is laden, and here is peace for one who is broken-hearted, and here is mercy for one that is penitent, and here is a Christ for one that hath faith, and here is redemption for one in bondage, and here is righteousnesse for one that is ungodly, and here is graciousnesse for one that is unworthy, and here is riches for one that is poor, and here is help for one that is needy, and here is strength for one that is weak, and here is balme for one that is wounded; mercy is well-ordered, and comfort is well-ordered; and a Mediator well-ordered, and righteousnesse well-ordered, &c.