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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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As he discovers unto us infallibly the reality, and the quality of our salvation, so there is not any one truth, nor any one path necessary unto that salvation, but he opens it, and reveals it, whether it respect our faith, or our obedience: he is the anointing which teacheth you of all things and is truth, and is no lye, 1 Joh. 2. 27.
As he discovers unto us infallibly the reality, and the quality of our salvation, so there is not any one truth, nor any one path necessary unto that salvation, but he opens it, and reveales it, whether it respect our faith, or our obedience: he is the anno•nting which teacheth you of all things and is truth, and is no lye, 1 Joh. 2. 27.
3. He is that Prophet who doth teach, not only by his word, but also by his Spirit: others can speak only to the ears of men, but he can speak to the hearts of 1men, he can imprimere in mentem, as well as mentem exprimere, write his Law in the heart, as well and as easily as he can deliver and make it known to our minds: when he teacheth you that you must believe, he doth by his Spirit cause you to believe; when be saith that you must be born again, he doth by his Spirit make you new creatures: there is not any one grace, or duty, or path of li•e which he sets before you (who are in covenant with God) but he works in you those very graces, and puts forth a strength to perform all those duties, and to walk in those paths.
3. He is that Prophet who doth teach, not only by his word, but also by his Spirit: others can speak only to the eares of men, but he can speak to the hearts of 1