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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. Whatsoever God is in his greatness, the better it is for all you, who are thus beloved of him. I do confess that the greater God is, (if he loves us not) the 1more dreadful is our apprehension of him: but the greater that he is, (if he loves us) this is the more comfortable unto us: The greatness of his power, who loves us; The greatness of his All-sufficiency, who loves us; The greatness of his Mercifulness, Wisdom, Knowledge, Faithfulness, &c. who loves us; can you have a greater encouragement then this; that God who knows all things, who hath all things, who can do all things, who will perform all things, this God loves me! unquestionably therefore I shall be the better for that power, &c.
3. Whatsoever God is in his greatnesse, the better it is for all you, who are thus beloved of him. I do confesse that the greater God is, (if he loves us not) the 1more dreadful is our apprehension of him: but the greater that he is, (if he loves us) this is the more comfortable unto us: The greatnesse of his power, who loves us; The greatnsse of his Alsufficiency, who loves us; The greatnesse of his Mercifulnesse, Wisdom, Knowledge, Faithfulnesse, &c. who loves us; can you have a greater encouragement then this; that God who knows all things, who hath all things, who can do all things, who will perform all things, this God loves me! unquestionably therefore I shall be the better for that power, &c.
- 1Whatsoever God is in his greatness, the better it is for you.Whatsoever God is in his greatnesse, the better it is for you.
4. The common love of the Trinity assures you against damnation, and perishing; 1