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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
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1. Your withstandings of Christ are unspeakably dangerous; you lost your souls once by Adams wilfulness, ⟨p. 70⟩will you lose them the second time by your own? Every refusal of Christ is (if mercy relieve us not) a new destruction of the soul. A contempt of Christ, a crucifying of Christ afresh, a cruel murdering of our own souls.
1. Your withstandings of Christ are unspeakably dangerous; you lost your soules once by Adams wilfulnesse, ⟨p. 70⟩will you lose them the second time by your own? Every refusal of Christ is (if mercy relieve us not) a new destruction of the soule. A contempt of Christ, a crucifying of Christ afresh, a cruel murdering of our own souls.
2. All shall be pardoned, if yet you will hearken and open to him, mercy can pardon sins against mercy, and Christ can pardon sins against Christ: former refusals are no prejudice to future invitations, and offers of grace; If we be humbled and they be accepted.
2. All shall be pardoned, if yet you will hearken and open to him, mercy can pardon sinnes against mercy, and Christ can pardon sins against Christ: former refusals are no prejudice to future invitations, and offers of grace; If we be humbled and they be accepted.
Acts 3. 17. And now brethren, I wot that through ignorance you did it, as did also your Rulers.