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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.
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.
2. It is a most special love; not only in this respect, that no other people (besides your selves) ate dignified with this kind of love; but also in this respect, that 1the love of the persons even unto your selves, is most choice and wonderful; and this you do read concerning the love
- 1It is a most special love.