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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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5. The Spirit is yours in respect of his joys •r comforts; You read of the 1joy of the holy Ghost, Rom. 14. 17. And of the comforts of the holy Ghost, Acts 9, 31. And that Christ himself calls him the Comforter, John 16. 7. The Spirit is given unto you, not only to unite you to Christ, not only to conform you unto Christ, not only to lead you in the ways of Christ, not only to help you in the services of Christ, but also to comfort your hearts in Christ.
5. The Spirit is yours in respect of his joyes •r comforts; You read of the 1joy of the holy Ghost, Rom. 14. 17. And of the comforts of the holy Ghost, Acts 9, 31. And that Christ himself calls him the Comforter, John 16. 7. The Spirit is given unto you, not only to unite you to Christ, not only to conform you unto Christ, not only to lead you in the wayes of Christ, not only to help you in the services of Christ, but also to comfort your hearts in Christ.
- 1He is ours in respect of his joys and comforts.He is ours in respect of his joyes and comforts.
The Spirit is a comforter in three respects.