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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
One is his Relation, yet thou art our Father, and we are thy people.
A second is, the merciful nature of God, ready to show mercy, and to multiply pardon.
A second is, the merciful nature of God, ready to shew mercy, and to multiply pardon.
A third is, the death of Christ, he shed his blood to make our peace, and to slay all enmity.
A fourth is, the very Covenant it self, wherein God hath promised that he will ⟨p. 168⟩not cast away, and that he will heal and forgive the back-slidings of his people, and though he will chastise them, yet he will not forsake them.
A fourth is, the very Covenant it self, wherein God hath promised that he will ⟨p. 168⟩