A59035:1667
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. Our interest in the Covenant necessarily follows from this union with Christ. 1Being brought by faith into Christ, you are now in the Covenant: And that I shall clear unto you thus.
- 1Our interest in the Covenant […] from […]. The •••enant was […] •ade with Christ, and […] us in relation to Christ.Our interest in the Covenant 〈…〉 from 〈…〉. The •••enāt was 〈…〉 •ade with Christ, and 〈…〉 us in relation to Christ.
1. The Covenant of God was made first with Christ as the head of the Church, and with us in relation unto Christ, and with Christ in relation to us, Tit. 1. 2. In hope of eternal life which God promised before the world began: To whom did he promise that eternal life for us, but unto Christ? with whom he did Covenant for us, and in whom with us, Isa. 42. 6. I will give thee for a Covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles. The same you read in Isa. 49. 8. Jesus Christ is not only the Messenger of the Covenant, Mal. 3. 1. nor only the surety of the Covenant,