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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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Seventhly, He that can clear his right to any one promise, he may safely and boldly conclude his interest in every promise. The promises are a golden chain, and he that has a right in one link of the chain,1 has a right in every link of the chain. As there is a chain of graces, so there is a chain of promises. He that can lay his hand upon any one ⟨p. 13⟩promise, and truly say this is mine, he may safely lay his hand upon every promise, and say these are mine; he that is an heir to any one promise, he is an heir to every promise. Hence it is they are called heirs of promise, Heb. 6.17. not hey s of this promise, or that, but of promise; that is, of every promise, or the Covenant which comprehends all the precious promises of the Gospel in it. Though the promises may be distinguished one from another, yet they may not be severed one from another; he that has a right to any one promise, he may safely infer his right to every promise. The whole Covenant (which is a bundle of promises) is certainly thine, if any one promise be thine; the promises by a divine hand are mutually tied and linked together; and those whom God has joined together, no man may put asunder. The promises can be no more divided, than Christ can be divided, or than heaven can be divided; the promises are not like loose and unstringed pearls, but as pearls made into one entire chain. He that can lay his hand upon that promise, Mat. 5.6. Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be satisfied, and truly say, this promise is mine, he may safely lay his hand upon that promise, ver. 8. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God, and say this promise is mine; and the same he may say of the rest of the precious promises that are specified in v. 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11. of that Chapter. He that can lay his hand upon any one promise, that God has made to them that love him, and truly say, this promise is mine, he may safely lay his hand upon every promise that God has made to them that love him, and say these are all mine. He that can lay his hand upon any one promise that God has made to them that fear him, and truly say this promise is mine, he may assuredly lay his hand upon every promise that God has made to them that fear him, and say these are all mine.