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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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6. And the saving of us, is the completing of us, and of all our blessings; 1and by grace are we saved, Eph. 2. 5, 8. This is certain, that Gods graciousness is the fountain of all our good, and it is the reason of all our enjoyments and hopes; If the Lord were not gracious, if he should look on us, and act towards us upon the account of our worthiness, we should never have enjoyed the least of his mercies. You might have heard of mercy, but should never have been the better for it; and you might have heard of all the promises, but should never have enjoyed the good of any one of them, if God were not a gracious God; but because he is your gracious God, and will deal with you altogether from the Throne of grace in a gracious way; This is it which puts life into you, and sweetly draws out the desires and confidences of your hearts.
6. And the saving of us, is the compleating of us, and of all our blessings; 1and by grac• are we saved, Eph. 2. 5, 8. This is certain, that Gods graciousness is the fountain of all our good, and it is the reason of all our enjoyments and hopes; If the Lord were not gracious, if he should look on us, and act towards us upon the account of our worthiness, we should never have enjoyed the least of his mercies. You might have heard of mercy, but should never have been the better for it; and you might have heard of all the promises, but should never have enjoyed the good of any one of them, if God were not a gracious God; but because he is your gracious God, and will deal with you altogether from the Throne of grace in a gracious way; This is it which puts life into you, and sweetly draws out the desires and confidences of your hearts.
- 1Saving of us.