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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. It is m•re to enjoy Jesus Christ himself, than to enjoy any, or all the benefits 1depending on Christ; The benefits I say, from the enjoyment of Christ are very precious (how precious is the peace which flows out of his blood, and the joy which comes in by his Spirit, and the graces, and the gifts from him!) yet Christ himself is more precious, more sweet, more lovely, and more desirable: If the Image be so precious, much more the pattern it self; if the tokens and gifts be so precious, much more is the giver himself; if the words of his mouth, and the kisses of his lips are so sweet, much more sweet is the enjoyment of Christ himself; therefore Paul rejoiceth especially in this, that Christ lov•d him, and gave himself for him, Gal. 2. 20. And above all things, desires to be fo•nd in him, Phil. 3. 9. No, not the knowledge of Christ (though it were the excellency of knowledge) could suffice him; it was Christ himself after whom he principally looked, and in whom he would be found.
2. It is m•re to enjoy Jesus Christ himself, than to enjoy any, or all the benefits 1depending on Christ; The benefits I say, from the enjoyment of Christ are very precious (how precious is the peace which flowes out of his blood, and the joy which comes in by his Spirit, and the graces, and the gifts from him!) yet Christ himself is more precious, more sweet, more lovely, and more desirable: If the Image be so precious, much more the pattern it self; if the tokens and gifts be so precious, much more is the giver himself; if the words of his mouth, and the kisses of his lips are so sweet, much more sweet is the enjoyment of Christ himself; therefore Paul rejoyceth especially in this, that Christ lov•d him, and gave himself for him, Gal. 2. 20