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The riches of grace displayed in the offer and tender of salvation to poor…
The riches of grace displayed in the offer and tender of salvation to poor sinners. Wherein is set out, the gracious behaviour of Christ, standing at the door and knocking for entrance. The dutiful behaviour of sinners in hearing Christs voice and opening to him. And the comfortable event upon them both. / By Obadiah Sedgwick. B.D. and late minister of the Gospel in Covent-Garden.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Adoniram Byfield, 1657
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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. The Gospel, which you have 1heard so long a time, challenges you this day; where is the Christ which I have so clearly revealed, so freely offered, so strictly commanded you to receive, so seriously beseeched you to let in: whose doors have been set open, since this door hath been set open, &c?
1. The Gospel, which you have 1heard so long a time, challenges you this day; where is the Christ which I have so cleerly revealed, so freely offered, so strictly commanded you to receive, so seriously beseeched you to let in: whose doors have been set open, since this door hath been set open, &c?
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2. The Ministers of the Gospel come in against you: Lord Jesus say they, we have been Ambassadors sent from thee, and we have preached thee to our people; We have told them that thou art the Son of God, the Prince of peace, the Lord of glory, the Physician of souls, the Saviour of sinners; that thou camest to seek that which is lost, that thou wouldest have all the ends of the earth to look after thee; That it is the duty of sinners to open their hearts, and to ⟨p. 58⟩give up all thei• house unto thee; that they shall perish, if they keep thee out; that they shall live for ever, if they will let thee in. We have told them how able thou art, and willing to answer for their sins, to make their peace, to clothe them with righteousness; But Lord, who hath believed our report? we are (after all) slighted, despised, grieved, vexed, reproached, opposed. O cries out one Minister with tears, I have lived amongst a people and preached to them these twenty years, and I hardly see one man in all my Parish looking towards Christ; O cries out another, my heart is almost broken to see the desperate spirits of my people, they cast dung into the face of Christ, and trample him (in his Ordinances) under their feet.