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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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3. They are pledges of salvation: therefore called the first fruits, which were 1the beginnings and the pledges of the full harvest: and also the earnest of the Spirit which he leaves with us to assure us of that glorious happiness which we are to receive shortly in fullness.
3. They are pledges of salvation: therefore called the first fruits, which were 1the beginnings and the pledges of the full harvest: and also the earnest of the Spirit which he leaves with us to assure us of that glorious happinesse which we are to receive shortly in fulnesse.
- 1They are pledges of salvation.
4. They are given to none but unto such as shall be saved. There are the common gifts of the Spirit, which are for the edification of others. These they may have 1who shall perish, like those who helped to build the Ark, and yet were drowned. But there are the special gifts of the Spirit which are for Renovation of the soul, and for the preparation of it for glory. These are given to none but unto such who are elected unto salvation: As many as were ordained to eternal life believed, Act. 13. 48. Matth. 11. 25. Hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.
4. They are given to none but unto such as shall be saved. There are the common gifts of the Spirit, which are for the edification of others. These they may have