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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.
1. In respect of the properties of it.
1. It is the highest of all loves. Nothing which is in the creature can possibly be of that height, as that which is in God; Holiness in the creature, is not so high as holiness in God; goodness in the creature, is not so high as goodness in God; mercy in the creature, is not so high as mercy in God; love in the creature, is •ot so high as love in God.
1. It is the highest of all loves. Nothing which is in the creature can possibly be of that height, as that which is in God; Holinesse in the creature, is not so high as holinesse in God; goodnesse in the creature, is not so high as goodnesse in God; mercy in the creature, is not so high as mercy in God; love in the creature, is •ot so high as love in God.
Love in God is purest love; there is no mixture in that love; love in God is perfect love; there is no defect or want in that love; The love of Parents to their children, and the love of husband and wife, they are but weak shadows of the unutterable and unconceivable love of God unto his people; As the essence of the Trinity is the highest essence, so the love of the Trinity is the highest love; you cannot be loved by any that is higher than the Trinity; nor can there be any love higher or equal to their love.
Love in God is purest love; there is no mixture in that love; love in God is perfect love; there is no defect or want in that love; The love of Parents to their children, and the love of husband and wife, they are but weak shadowes of the unutterable and unconceivable love of God unto his people; As the essence of the Trinity is the highest essence, so the love of the Trinity is the highest love; you cannot be loved by any that is higher than the Trinity; nor can there be any love higher or equal to their love.