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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. His love is exceeding great unto you; he loves you above all the people in the world, and his choice delight is in you, you are his Hephzibahs and Benlahs, because the Lord delights in you, Isa. 62. 4.
3. His tender apprehension of any unkind and harsh injuries offered unto you: he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye.
4. His daily passing by the many failings and weaknesses; he pities them, and will not mark them, nor insist upon them.
5. His easy reception of you into favour; if he sees but a tear in your eyes, he 1will be gracious to the voice of your tears; I have heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, I will surely have mercy on him.