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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Spirit of God (as to these gifts and fruits) is called the Spirit of grace, Zach. 12. 10. and the Spirit of wisdom, Isa. 11. 2. and the Spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord: and the Spirit of faith, 2 Cor. 4. 13. and the Spirit of love, 2 Tim. 1. 7. and the Spirit of supplication, Zach. 12 10. the fruit of the Spirit, saith the Apostle in Gal. 5. 22. is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, (and ver. 23.) meekness, temperance.
The Spirit of God (as to these gifts and fruits) is called the Spirit of grace, Zach. 12. 10. and the Spirit of wisdome, Isa. 11. 2. and the Spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord: and the Spirit of faith, 2 Cor. 4. 13. and the Spirit of love, 2 Tim. 1. 7. and the Spirit of supplication, Zach. 12 10. the fruit of the Spirit, saith the Apostle in Gal. 5. 22. is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentlenesse, goodnesse, faith, (and ver. 23.) meeknesse, temperance.
There are six things which I would briefly observe concerning the graces, or fruits