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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. From the Judgment-seat, to the Mercy-seat. 2. From the merits of sin to the merits of Christ. 3. From a condemning conscience to an acquitting God. 4. From the Law to the Gospel. 5. From your own unworthiness to Christs righteousness. 6. From your own feeling unto Gods promises.
1. From the Judgment-seat, to the Mercy-seat. 2. From the merits of sinne to the merits of Christ. 3. From a condemning conscience to an acquiting God. 4. From the Law to the Gospel. 5. From your own unworthinesse to Christs righteousnesse. 6. From your own feeling unto Gods promises.
When you see your selves cast at the bar of justice, you may decline the sentence by flying unto the Throne of mercy; O Lord, justice condemns me, but let mercy succour and save me; when your hearts are overwhelmed in the apprehension and consideration of your many sins, and the great guilt of them, you may then appeal to the infinitely precious and surpassing merits of Christ; wh•re sin abounded, grace did much more abound; and as sin hath reigned unto death, even so doth grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord, Rom. 5. 20, 21. When your conscience condemns you for sins past, then may you appeal unto your God for mercy to pardon you: God be merciful unto me a sinner, saith the Publican. Pardon my sin O Lord, for it is great, saith David.
When you see your selves cast at the barre of justice, you may decline the sentence by flying unto the Throne of mercy; O Lord, justice condemns me, but let mercy succour and save me; when your hearts are overwhelmed in the apprehension and consideration of your many sinnes, and the great guilt of them, you may then appeal to the infinitely precious and surpassing merits of Christ; wh•re sinne abounded, grace did much more abound; and as sinne hath reigned unto death, even so doth grace reigne through righteousnesse unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord,