A92857:613
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.
2. By the Parable of the wedding feast, Mat. 22. 2. and of the entertainment of the Prodigal son, Luke 15.
3. By such relations as carry communion in their bosoms, as of an head and body, of an husband and wife, of a foundation and building, of root and branch, the head hath communion with the body by influence, the husband with the wife by love and consent, the foundation with the building by support and strength, the root with the branches by leaf and sap: Thus it is 'twixt ⟨p. 199⟩Christ and Believers.
3. By such relations as carry communion in their bosomes, as of an head and body, of an husband and wife, of a foundation and building, of root and branch, the head hath communion with the body by influence, the husband with the wife by love and consent, the foundation with the building by support and strength, the root with the branches by leaf and sap: Thus it is 'twixt ⟨p. 199⟩Christ and Beleevers.
4. By such actions as import communion, viz.