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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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4. As a Prophet he is anointed to preach good tidings, Isa. 61. 1. the Apostle calls it preaching of peace, Ephes. 2 17. and not only the Prophet Isaiah in that 1place, but also Christ himself in Luke 4. 18. tells you what those good tidings are, what that Gospel is, namely to hind up, and heal the broken-hearted, liberty and deliverance to the captives, sight to the blind, to give beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
4. As a Prophet he is annointed to preeah good tydings, Isa. 61. 1. the Apostle calls it preaching of peace, Ephes. 2 17. and not only the Prophet Isaiah in that 1place, but also Christ himself in Luke 4. 18. tells you what those good tydings are, what that Gospel is, namely to hinde up, and heale the broken-heared, liberty and deliverance to the captives, sight to the blinde, to give beauty for ashes, the oyle of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heavinesse.
- 1He is anointed o• preach good tidings.
O what comfort is here for you who are the people of God, and have Christ to be your Christ, and your Prophet? Here are glad tidings for you, and your Christ is anointed to preach them unto you when your hearts are broken and bruised, you have a Christ to bind them up, and to heal them with his own precious blood; I dyed for you, saith Christ, this is my blood which was shed for you, for the remission of your sins, to reconcile you, to make peace for you, saith Christ: and when you find your selves captives, and as it were shut up on prison, Christ your Prophet comes to you by his Spirit and breaks open the prison doors, and sets you at liberty from your sins, from Satan, from your fears, and tears, and all the powers and chains of darkness: and when your soul sits in darkness and sees no light, when they feed on tears, and are overwhelmed with sorrows and heaviness, your Christ (who is your Prophet) can, and will speak words of life unto you, and words of joy unto you: why are your hearts troubled? said he to his Disciples; woman why weepest thou? said he to Mary; daughter go in peace; so to another, son, be of good comfort.