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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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4. It is a most tender love: the Fathers love unto you is so, and the Sons love unto 1you is so, and the love of the Spirit is so unto you; The love of every o•• is tender, in a marvellous sensibleness of your persons and conditions, and in as marvellous a readiness to help and bless you; There is not any one want upon you, not any one distress, but every one of the persons in Trinity is apprehensive of it, and looks on it with tender bowels of compassion; I pity them saith the Father, I will help him saith Christ the Son, I will support and comfort him in this condition, saith the holy Ghost.
4. It is a most tender love: the Fathers love unto you is so, and the Sons love unto 1you is so, and the love of the Spirit is so unto you; The love of every o•• is tender, in a marvellous sensiblenesse of your persons and conditions, and in as marvellous a readinesse to help and blesse you; There is not any one want upon you, not any one distresse, but every one of the persons in Trinity is apprehensive of it, and looks on it with tender bowels of compassion; I pitty them saith the Father, I wil help him saith Christ the Son, I will support and comfort him in this condition, saith the holy Ghost.
- 1It is a most tender love.
5. It is a most free love: every one of the persons loves you with a love which ariseth 1only from love, not from any thing in your selves, nor for any benefit which can arise from you unto your selves; but only because they will love you, and are so pleased to love you: the love of the Father doth not find you, but make you children; the love of Christ doth not find you, but make you righteous; the love of the Spirit doth not find you, but make you holy: It is a communicating love: all the favour which you have, and all the good which you have, you have it wholly upon the mere account of the freeness and goodness of their love.