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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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2. The everlastingness of the Covenant should be a Cordial to the people of God in the time of desertions, when they are apt to question whether God be not 1fallen off from them, and hath forsaken them? But consult these Promises, and you may find these fears removed, Isa. 49. 14. Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. ver. 15. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea they may forget, yet I will not forget thee. ver. 16. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands, Thy walls are continually before me. Isa. 54. 7. For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. ver. 8. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. ver. 10. The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the Covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
2. The everlastingnesse of the Covenant should be a Cordial to the people of God in the time of desertions, when they are apt to question whether God be not 1fallen off from them, and hath forsaken them? But consult these Promises, and you may finde these fears removed, Isa. 49. 14. Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. ver. 15. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea they may forget, yet I will not forget thee. ver. 16. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands, Thy walls are continually bef•re me. Isa. 54. 7. For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. ver. 8. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. ver. 10. The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the Covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.