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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. As God never did (after the fall) make a Covenant of works with sinners, so in particular he did not make such a Covenant with the Israelites when he gave the Law unto them from Mount Sinai, he did not give that Law for to be a Covenant of works, which I shall endeavour to prove thus.
Demonstrated. 1. What Covenant God made with Abraham, that Covenant he made with the seed of Abraham (Gen. 17. 7. I will stablish my Covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to be a God unto thee, and thy seed after thee) But that Covenant with Abraham was the Covenant of grace, and the seed of Abraham were those Israelites: And if those who are the seed of Abraham were under that Covenant of grace with Abraham, they could not be put off to another Covenant of Works, in which Abraham was not, unless you will say that God did act in different Covenants with Abraham and his seed.
Demonstrated. 1. What Covenant God made with Abraham, that Covenant he made with the seed of Abraham (Gen. 17. 7. I will stablish my Covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to be a God unto thee, and thy seed after thee) But that Covenant with Abraham was the Covenant of grace, and the seed of Abraham were those Israelites: And if those who are the seed of Abraham were under that Covenant of grace with Abraham, they could not be put off to another Covenant of Works, in which Abraham was not, unlesse you will say that God did act in different Covenants with Abraham and his seed.
2. The Apostle saith the Law is not against the promises of God: Is the Law then against the promises of God? God forbid,