A59035:1589
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.
3 Quest. Wherein they differ, and wherein the betterness of the New Covenant 1of Grace doth consist.
- 1Wherein they differ.
Sol. Although both these Covenants do agree in substance and end, yet they differ very much as to the particular from of administration or dispensation; I will touch only on Five differences.
1 In Obscurity and Perspicuity. 2 In Burdens and Liberty, 3 In Weakness and Efficacy. 4 In Restraints and Extent. 5 In Time and Duration.
1. The New Covenant is a better Covenant than the Old, because there is a 1greater Perspicuity in the new Covenant, and a greater Obscurity in the old Covenant. Hence 'tis that the Gospel is called The revelation of the mystery which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest,