A92846:1077
The anatomy of secret sins, presumptuous sins, sins in dominion, & uprightness. Wherein divers…
The anatomy of secret sins, presumptuous sins, sins in dominion, & uprightness. Wherein divers weighty cases are resolved in relation to all those particulars: delivered in divers sermons preached at Mildreds in Bread-street London, on Psalm 19. 12, 13. Together with the remissibleness of all sin, and the irremissibleness of the sin against the Holy Ghost preached before an honourable auditory. By that reverend and faithful minister of the Gospel, Mr. Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. Perfected by himself, and published by those whom he entrusted with his notes.The anatomy of secret sins, presumptuous sins, sins in dominion, & uprightness. Wherein divers weighty cases are resolved in relation to all those particulars: delivered in divers sermons preached at Mildreds in Bread-street London, on Psalm 19. 12, 13. Together with the remissibleness of all sin, and the irremissibleness of the sin against the Holy Ghost preached before an honourable auditory. By that reverend and faithfull minister of the Gospel, Mr. Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. Perfected by himself, and published by those whom he intrusted with his notes.
London: printed by T.R. for Adoniram Byfeild, 1660
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.
3. A third comfort to an upright person is this, that the Lord is his God in Covenant.
You are not Ignorant of the Covenant which God did stipulate with Abraham, Gen. 17. 1. I am the Almighty (all-sufficient) walk before me and be thou perfect, what is the meaning of that? In a Covenant you know there are two parties, and they mutually undertake and agree: so, here▪ is God on the one part, and here is Abraham on the other part, and God promiseth, and Abraham promiseth; God promiseth to be All-sufficient unto him, and engageth himself in an everlasting Covenant to be his God, ver. 7. now Abraham promiseth to walk uprightly before the Lord: and this is all that the Lord agrees with him for (walk before me and be upright) and then I am thy God, and I will be thy All-sufficiency.
You are not Ignorant of the Covenant which God did stipulate with Abraham, Gen. 17. 1. I am the Almighty (al-sufficient) walk before me and be thou perfect, what is the meaning of that? In a Covenant you know there are two parties, and they mutually undertake and agree: so, here▪ is God on the one part, and here is Abraham on the other part, and God promiseth, and Abraham promiseth; God promiseth to be All-sufficient unto him, and engageth himself in an everlasting Covenant to be his God, ver. 7. now Abraham promiseth to walk uprightly before the Lord: and this is all that the Lord agrees with him for (walke before me and be upright) and then I am thy God, and I will be thy All-sufficiency.
Obj. Why? you will say, this is granted, it is clear, that God Covenants to be a God to an upright person, But what, so great comfort in that?