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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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3. A third is, because he will surely perform all the good which he hath promised. Psal. 57. 2. I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things for me. Verse 3. He shall send from heaven, and save me; God shall send forth his mercy, and his truth. Mark the place, David ⟨p. 145⟩is resolved to pray unto God to draw nigh, and to call upon him for help; and why will he do so? because God is the most high God, he is able to help me, and because God hath promised me help, and he will perform all that he hath promised me; yea, he will certainly do so, for he will send forth his mercy and his truth; that is, I shall certainly enjoy the mercy which he hath graciously promised, and will truly perform. A beggar will many times ask where he is not sure to receive an alms, he will hazard many a request; but it is not so with you who are the people of God; you never hazard one prayer which you make, if it be grounded upon the promise made to you; and the reason is because the Covenant is sure, and God is faithful who hath promised; what the Apostle spake about well-doing, in Gal. 6. 9. Let us not be weary of well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not; that I say of praying, be not weary of praying, (say not it is in vain) but continue praying for the mercy, for the grace, for the help, for the comfort which your souls do need; for in due season you shall reap if you faint not; when you sow the seed in the earth, you shall find it to come up and bring forth in the season of it, not as soon as you sow it, yet in the due season you shall hear of it again; so sow your prayers in heaven, (prayers are the seed which the soul doth sow) and you shall reap in due season, though you be not presently answered, yet when the season of answering comes, you shall certainly be answered.
3. A third is, because he will surely performe all the good which he hath promised. Psal. 57. 2. I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things for me. Verse 3. He shall send from heaven, and save me; God shall send forth his mercy, and his truth. Mark the place, David ⟨p. 145⟩