A29686:108
A cabinet of choice jewels, or, A box of precious ointment being a plain…A cabinet of choice jevvels, or, A box of precious ointment being a plain…
A cabinet of choice jewels, or, A box of precious ointment being a plain discovery of, or, what men are worth for eternity, and how 'tis like to go with them in another world ... / by Thomas Brooks ...A cabinet of choice jevvels, or, A box of precious ointment being a plain discovery of, or, what men are worth for eternity, and how 'tis like to go with them in another world ... / by Thomas Brooks ...
London : Printed and are to be sold by John Hancock ..., 1669
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.
Quest. But how may a person come to know, whether he has a real and saving interest in the promises, or no? Now to this great Question, I shall give these nine following Answers.
First, A holy reliance, a holy resting, a holy staying of thy soul upon the promises, makes the promises thine own; yea, it makes all the good, and all the sweet, and all the happiness and blessedness that is wrapped up in the promises, thine; even as thy staying, relying and resting on Christ, makes Christ thine, and all that is in him, and that comes by him, thine; so thy staying and resting upon the promises makes them thine.
First, A holy relyance, a holy resting, a holy staying of thy soul upon the promises, makes the promises thine own; yea, it makes all the good, and all the sweet, and all the happiness and blessedness that is wrapt up in the promises, thine; even as thy staying, relying and resting on Christ, makes Christ thine, and all that is in him, and that comes by him, thine; so thy staying and resting upon the promises makes them thine.
Secondly, If thy heart ordinarily, habitually, lies under the word of command, then the word of promise does assuredly belong to thy soul,1 Psal. 119.6. Act. 13.22. Luke 1.5, 6. There is no soul under heaven that commonly lies under the commanding power of the Word, but that soul that has an interest in the word of Promise; men that have no interest in the word of Promise, commonly live in the neglect of the word of command; if the word of command commonly carries thy soul, then the word of promise, without all peradventure, belongs to thy soul: Many deal with the commands of God, as the Heathens dealt with the commands of their gods; When their gods called for a man, they offered a candle; or as Hercules offered up a painted man, instead of a living man. Such as deal thus with the commands of God, they have no interest in the promises of