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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. Serious meditation upon, first the relation of the Gospel. 2ly. The offers 1of the Gospel. 3ly. The terms of the Gospel. 4ly. The promises of the Gospel. 5ly. The instances or examples in the Gospel.
- 1Serious meditation.
1. The Gospel Revelations of Jesus Christ; given, sent, sealed, set forth by God 1to be a Redeemer, a Saviour, a Mediator, a Peace, a Propitiation, a Reconciliation, a life for sinners: Now seriously meditate on all this you whose hearts are broken with the sense of your sins: The Gospel in the Word of truth, what it reveals and declares unto us, that same is certain and infallible and the Gospel is the Word of Salvation; whatsoever concerns our salvation, that same is manifested unto us by the Gospel; And this Gospel doth reveal and declare unto us the exceeding love of God the Father, in that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him, should not perish but have everlasting life: It doth also declare unto us hi• Son Jesus Christ who was God, and in time was made man, that so he might reconcile and unite man to God. And it doth declare him in the union of his Natures, and excellencies of his Person, and in the glories of his Offices, and in the accomplishment of all the work of Redemption and salvation for sinners, and willingness to save them: So that from the very Gospel-revelation of Jesus Christ, a distressed sinner may gain thus much. 1. As not to despair. 2. As to have some hope. 3. As to have some desires: O here is a Christ for sinners! A Christ given by God the Father to save sinne•s! why should I then despair? and here is a Christ, such a Christ, of such infinite worth and merit, given to make satisfaction, and peace, and why should not I hope? Am I excluded? At least his Person, and Offices, and Works may serve thus far to beget hope, and to work a desire that I may enjoy him, in whom alone salvation is to be found, and who came into the world to save sinners.