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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. In his decrees, so also he is unchangeable; these foundations stand sure, 12 Tim. 19. Isa. 14. 24. Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. Ver. 27. The Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? The Decrees of God are laid upon the counsel and wisdom of God, and such grounds within himself, that there cannot be any new reason or stronger, to alter his decrees.
2. In his decrees, so also he is unchangeable; these foundations stand sure, 12 Tim. 19. Isa. 14. 24. Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to passe; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. Ver. 27. The Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disanull it? The Decrees of God are laid upon the counsel and wisdome of God, and such grounds within himself, that there cannot be any new reason or stronger, to alter his decrees.
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3. In his promises and Covenant with his people. All his promises are yea 1and Amen to the praise of his glory. 2 Cor. 1. 20. My Covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips, Psal. 89. 34.
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