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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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8. They differ thus; The Covenant of works breeds terrors and fear, and 1despair; If a man expect life by it, his heart must sink within him, considering how short he is of that righteousness therein required for life, as also that abundance of unrighteousness in himself, exposing him to wrath, from a just God.
8. They differ thus; The Covenant of works breeds terrours and fear, and 1despair; If a man expect life by it, his heart must sink within him, considering how short he is of that righteousnesse therein required for life, as also that abundance of unrighteousnesse in himself, exposing him to wrath, from a just God.
- 1The one breeds fear and terror.
But the Covenant of grace, is a ministration of life and peace, and joy, and 1boldness; you have here a sure refuge to fly unto, a sure Rock to stand upon, and a sure Anchor to trust unto.
But the Covenant of grace, is a ministration of life and peace, and joy, and 1boldnesse; you have here a sure refuge to fly unto, a sure Rock to stand upon, and a sure Anchor to trust unto.
- 1The other is a ministration of life.