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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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You obtain your access by Christ unto the Father, and your persons come to be accepted in Christ, and all your services; He holds up all your Communions, and makes them effectual and sure: God would not look on you, nor regard you, nor let fall one glimpse or beam of his favour upon you, were it not for Christ; it is Christ which makes you nigh, and dear, and lovely, and delightful, and precious, and for whose sake you come to be sons and heirs of love and mercy, and peace, and all the blessings which you do possess, or ever shall enjoy in this world, or in the world to come.
You obtain your accesse by Christ unto the Father, and your persons come to be accepted in Christ, and all your services; He holds up all your Communions, and makes them effectual and sure: God would not look on you, nor regard you, nor let fall one glimpse or beame of his favour upon you, were it not for Christ; it is Christ which makes you nigh, and dear, and lovely, and delightful, and precious, and for whose sake you come to be sonnes and heirs of love and mercy, and peace, and all the blessings which you do possesse, or ever shall enjoy in this world, or in the world to come.
5. Your condition cannot be otherwise than safe and comfortable, and blessed, 1if Christ be yours. As it cannot be well with any without Christ, so it cannot be ill with any who have Christ: There is no condemnation unto you; you are now passed from death to life; he is your life, and he that hath the Son hath life; and he is your hope, (Christ in you the hope of glory) and he is your Rock on which you are built; he is your peace, he is your glory, he is your head, he is your Saviour; in one word, the enjoyment of Christ makes life and death comfortable.
5. Your condition cannot be otherwise than safe and comfortable, and blessed, 1if Christ be yours. As it cannot be well with any without Christ, so it cannot be ill with any who have Christ: There is no condemnation unto you; you are now passed from death to life; he is your life, and he that hath the Sonne hath life; and he is your hope, (Christ in you the hope of glory) and he is your Rock on which you are built; he is your peace, he is your glory, he is your head, he is your Saviour; in one word, the enjoyment of Christ makes life and death comfortable.