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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
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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 ⟨p. 11⟩God; flesh and blood looks upon the commands of God as impossible to be obeyed, like the unbelieving spies; O we cannot conquer the Land; but faith and love, like Caleb and Joshua, conclude the Land may be conquered, the commands may be Evangelically obeyed, and accordingly they readily undertake it. Now, to such a frame of heart the promises are entailed. But,
Secondly, If thy heart ordinarily, habitually, lyes 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 lyes 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