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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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And all things are naked and open to his eyes,] there is no darkness twixt him and them, no curtain is drawn over his eye; they are as naked to him as the child which is newly born is unto our eye, or as every pile of grass is discovered by the Sun at noon day: or as the parts of a diseased body, &c. Psal. 139. 2. Thou knowest my down-lying, and my up-rising, thou understandest my thoughts afar off, verse 3. Thou art acquainted with all my ways, verse 4. There is not a word in my tongue, but lo O Lord thou knowest it altogether.
And all things are naked and open to his eyes,] there is no darkness twixt him and them, no curtain is drawn over his eye; they are as naked to him as the childe which is newly born is unto our eye, or as every pile of grass is discovered by the Sun at noon day: or as the parts of a diseased body, &c. Psal. 139. 2. Thou knowest my down-lying, and my up-rising, thou understandest my thoughts afar off, verse 3. Thou art acquainted with all my wayes, vese 4. There is not a word in my tongue, but lo O Lord thou knowest it altogether.
Quest. You will say This is granted; it is very unquestionable that God is omniscient, that he knows all things. But what is this for the comfort and good of 1his people? what good have they by being interested in an all-knowing God?
- 1What comfort have we by this.
Sol. 1. The good and comfort thereby is exceeding great; for Gods omniscience