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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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Dedication: To the Right Worshipful, Sir John Frederick Knight, and the Lady Mary Frederick his pio…
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Each living corps must yield at last to death, 1And every life must leese his vital breath. The soul of man that only lives on high, And is an image of Eternity.
- 1Pindarus.
The Romans, when their Emperors and great Ones died, and their bodies were buried, they caused an Eagle to mount on high, thereby to signify the souls immortality and ascent. He gave good counsel, who said, Play not the Courtier with your soul; the Courtier doth all things late, he rises late, and dines late, and sups late, and repents late. A Scythian Captain having for a draught of water delivered up his City, cryed out, Quid perdidi, quid prodidi? What have I lost, what have I ⟨image 3⟩betrayed? So many at last will cry out, What have I lost, what have I betrayed? I have lost God, and Christ, and Heaven, and have betrayed my precious and immortal soul into the hands of divine Justice, and into the hands of Satan. Who these men are that will at last thus cry out, this Treatise does discover. I have read that there was a time when the Romans did wear jewels on their shoes: Most men in this day do worse, for they trample that matchless jewel of their souls under feet; and who these are, this Treatise does discover. One well observes,1 That whereas God hath given many other things double, two eyes to see with, two ears to hear with, two hands to work with, and two feet to walk with, to the intent that the failing of the one might be supplied by the other; but he hath given us but one soul, and if that be lost, hast thou (saith he) another soul to give in recompense for it? Now, who those are whose souls are in a safe estate, and who those are whose souls are in danger of being lost for ever, this Treatise does plainly and fully discover.2