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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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5. He can then raise and advance the work which he hath wrought; he can 1bring forth judgment unto victory; as it was said of Zerubbabel, the hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, his hands also shall finish it, Zach. 4. 9. Or as the Lord spake about the house of Eli, (1 Sam. 3. 12.) when I begin I will make an end: So say I, hath God begun in your hearts any work of ⟨p. 41⟩grace? hath he sown the seed in rhe field? hath he planted the Vineyard? he is able to finish his work; he who was able to give grace, is able to make all grace to abound; he that planteth grace, is able also to water it, and to increase it, and to bring it to perfection, to give life to the dead, and to give strength to the weak, to convert a sinner, and to subdue sins, for he is an Omnipotent God. And so likewise for your joy and peace which are but weak, your God is able to fill you with joy in believing, to make your joy unspeakable and full of glory; he is able to give you peace that passeth understanding, and to make it as a River. And so for temptations which do so much distress you, your God is not only able to restrain Satan, but also to bruise him under your feet, Rom. 16. 20. It is a certain truth that Omnipotency hath no bounds or limits; you cannot say that God who works thus far, can work no farther; as he can work all things unto their being, so he can work them up to that perfection of being of which they are capable.
5. He can then raise and advance the work which he hath wrought; he can 1bring forth judgment unto victory; as it was said of Zerubbabel, the hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, his hands also shall finish it, Zach. 4. 9. Or as the Lord spake about the house of Eli, (1 Sam. 3. 12