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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. Christ delights in believers: he delights,
1. Christ delights in beleevers: he delights,
1. In their persons: Thou shalt be called Hephzibah and Beulah for the Lord delighteth in thee, Isa. 62. 4, 5. He delights in them as a bridegroom in his newly married bride. And Zeph. 3. 17. He will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. When God created the world, he delighted in his own workmanship; and so doth Christ delight in a believer his new Creation, as the birth of his own power and mercy, and as his glory on earth.
1. In their persons: Thou shalt be called Hephzibah and Beulah for the Lord delighteth in thee, Isa. 62. 4, 5. He delights in them as a bridegroom in his newly married bride. And Zeph. 3. 17. He will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. When God created the world, he delighted in his own workmanship; and so doth Christ delight in a beleever his new Creation, as the birth of his own power and mercy, and as his glory on earth.