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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
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Use 2 Is the Covenant a holy Covenant? then behold the parting way, behold the reason why so few men are persuaded to hearken, and to enter into Covenant 1with God; we stand wondering what the reason is or may be, that a company of sinners hearing of that infinite happiness to be enjoyed in the Covenant of grace, and hearing of the manifold blessings comprised in it, of the joy unspeakable therein, of the peace that passeth all understanding, of the full forgiveness of sins, and of the sweet manifestations of the love of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Spirit, and of the assurings of eternal salvation unto all the persons who enter into this Covenant; I say, we wonder that after all this, there are so few who enquire the way, or embrace the way of entering into such a Covenant where God makes over himself in such a gracious and glorious manner to his people; but here lies the stick, here lies the bar, here lies the great exception against the Covenant; viz. it is an holy Covenant.
Ʋse 2 Is the Covenant a holy Covenant? then behold the parting way, behold the reason why so few men are perswaded to hearken, and to enter into Covenant 1with God; we stand wondring what the reason is or may be, that a company of sinners hearing of that infinite happinesse to be enjoyed in the Covenant of grace, and hearing of the manifold blessings comprized in it, of the joy unspeakable therein, of the peace that passeth all understanding, of the full forgivenesse of sinnes, and of the sweet manifestations of the love of the Father, and of the Sonne, and of the Spirit, and of the assurings of eternal salvation unto all the persons who enter into this Covenant; I say, we wonder that after all this, there are so few who enquire the way, or embrace the way of entring into such a Covenant where God makes over himself in such a gracious and glorious manner to his people; but here lies the stick, here lies the barre, here lies the great exception against the Covenant; viz. it is an holy Covenant.
- 1See the reason why so few enter into Covenant with God.