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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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Sixthly, If you are united and married to Christ by faith, then you have a real, a saving interest in the promises, Gal. 3.29.1 And if you be Christs, then are you Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. The promise is the Jointure, and there is no way under heaven to enjoy the Jointure, but by matching with the person of Christ. And faith is the grace of graces, by which the soul gives both its assent and consent to take the Lord Jesus Christ, as he is tendered and offered in the Gospel, and is therefore called sometimes a receiving of Christ, John 1.12. The only way to enjoy a Ladies Jointure, is to marry her person; and so the only way to enjoy the promise of Christ, is to be willing to marry the person of Christ; 'tis our marriage-union with Christ, that gives us a right and title to all the promises of Christ, 2 Cor. 1.20. For all the promises of God in him, are yea, and in him, Amen. All absolute and conditional promises, either of grace or unto grace, are made to us in Christ, and only enjoyed by our enjoying of Christ.
Sixthly, If you are united and married to Christ by faith, then you have a real, a saving interest in the promises, Gal. 3.29.1 And if you be Christs, then are you Abrahams seed, and heirs according to the promise. The promise is the Jointure, and there is no way under heaven to enjoy the Jointure, but by matching with the person of Christ. And faith is the grace of graces, by which the soul gives both its assent and consent to take the Lord Jesus Christ, as he is tendered and offered in the Gospel, and is therefore called sometimes a receiving of Christ, Iohn 1.12. The only way to enjoy a Ladies Jointure, is to marry her person; and so the only way to enjoy the promise of Christ, is to be willing to marry the person of Christ; 'tis our marriage-union with Christ, that gives us a right and title to all the promises of Christ,