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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. You cannot do less than thankfully to bless your God for bringing of you into Covenant with himself: This is such exceeding grace, and exceeding mercy, and exceeding love, and exceeding favour, and exceeding honour, and exceeding happiness, it cannot be but your souls must bless him for this blessing. If one should meet with a poor man, and tell him I have set my love upon you, and I will settle upon you such a Lordship worth so many thousands a year; nay, and I ⟨p. 89⟩will settle such a Manor which hath all sorts of accommodations upon you, which is worth many thousands more, &c. O how our hearts would melt at this kindness, and this bounty. Met we ever with such a friend in all our life, we would speak of him, and praise him, &c. The Lord hath chosen you for his people, he hath set his love upon you, he is entered into Covenant with you, and is become your God: he hath bestowed himself upon you, and engaged all his glorious Attributes unto you, and given his Christ, and his Spirit unto you, and settled grace and glory upon you, and all his promises: and all Spiritual privileges, and the good of Heaven and Earth; surely your souls must needs adore this riches of grace, it cannot be but you must be enlarged with blessings and praises, &c.
1. You cannot do lesse than thankfully to blesse your God for bringing of you into Covenant with himself: This is such exceeding grace, and exceeding mercy, and exceeding love, and exceeding favour, and exceeding honour, and exceeding happinesse, it cannot be but your souls must blesse him for this blessing. If one should meet with a poor man, and tell him I have set my love upon you, and I will settle upon you such a Lordship worth so many thousands a year; nay, and I ⟨p. 89⟩will settle such a Mannor which hath all sorts of accommodations upon you, which is worth many thousands more, &c. O how our hearts would melt at this kindnesse, and this bounty. Met we ever with such a friend in all our life, we would speak of him, and praise him, &c. The Lord hath chosen you for his people, he hath set his love upon you, he is entred into Covenant with you, and is become your God: he hath bestowed himself upon you, and engaged all his glorious Attributes unto you, and given his Christ, and his Spirit unto you, and setled grace and glory upon you, and all his promises: and all Spiritual priviledges, and the good of Heaven and Earth; surely your soules must needs adore this riches of grace, it cannot be but you must be enlarged with blessings and praises, &c.