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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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Sol. The reasons are these.
1. Certainty is a ground of faith; We are commanded to believe, and to be persuaded, and to stand, and rest, &c. and to rejoice in believing, Rom. 15. 13. If the Covenant were uncertain, and unsure, your faith would never be certain and sure. Heb. 10. 22. Let us draw n••r with a true heart, in full assurance of faith; But how could we draw near in that f•ll assurance of faith; Surely by believing, and being fully persuaded to enjoy what God hath promised, unless there were a certainty in the Covenant, viz. That God will certainly perform what he hath promised unto us? there cannot possibly be a certainty of faith upon uncertain promises.
1. Certainty is a ground of faith; We are commanded to believe, and to be perswaded, and to stand, and rest, &c. and to rejoyce in believing, Rom. 15. 13. If the Covenant were uncertain, and unsure, your faith would never be certain and sure. Heb. 10. 22. Let us draw n••r with a true heart, in full assurance of faith; But how could we draw near in that f•ll assurance of faith; Surely by believing, and being fully perswaded to enjoy what God hath promised, unlesse there were a certainty in the Covenant, viz. That God will certainly performe what he hath promised unto us? there cannot possibly be a certainty of faith upon uncertain promises.