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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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The union and relation 'twixt you and Christ is as real, as that between the husband and the wife, as that between the head and the body, as that between the Vine and the branches; as the husband can say This woman is my wife, and the wife can say This man is my husband; so truly doth Christ say This believer is mine; so can the believer say This Christ is mine; that Christ who is the Son of God, the brightness of his Fathers glory, who is immortal, God with us, who is God blessed for ever, who is the Lord of glory, whose Name is Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace; The Saviour of sinners, the Redeemer, the Light and Life of the world, the desire of all Nations, who is altogether lovely, and most excellent and precious; in comparison of whom, Paul counted all things but loss and dung, this Christ is your Christ; this Christ in whom is life, and without whom there is no life; this Christ in whom is salvation, and without whom there is no salvation; this Christ in whom is blessedness, and without whom there is nothing but curse and misery; this Christ in whom is hope, and without whom there is no hope; this Christ is your Christ.
The union and relation 'twixt you and Christ is as real, as that between the husband and the wife, as that between the head and the body, as that between the Vine and the branches; as the husband can say This woman is my wife, and the wife can say This man is my husband; so truly doth Christ say This believer is mine; so can the believer say This Christ is mine; that Christ who is the Sonne of God, the brightnesse of his Fathers glory, who is immortal, God with us, who is God blessed for ever, who is the Lord of glory, whose Name is Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace; The Saviour of sinners, the Redeemer, the Light and Life of the world, the desire of all Nations, who is altogether lovely, and most excellent and precious; in comparison of whom, Paul counted all things but losse and dung, this Christ is your Christ; this Christ in whom is life, and without whom there is no life; this Christ in whom is salvation, and without whom there is no salvation; this Christ in whom is blessednesse, and without whom there is nothing but curse and misery; this Christ in whom is hope, and without whom there is no hope; this Christ is your Christ.