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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, a godly man may argue thus. He over whom §7presumptuous sins has not dominion, is upright (Psal. 19.13. keep back thy servant from presumptuous sins, let them not have dominion over me; then shall I be upright.) But presumptuous sins has not dominion over me, therefore I am upright. Mark, unfeigned willingness to part with every sin, and to mortify every sin, is a sure sign of uprightness, a sure sign of saving grace; when a man is sincerely willing to leave every sin, and to indulge himself in none, no not his darling sin, it is a most certain sign of his integrity and sincerity, as you may evidently see, by comparing of these Scriptures together, Psal. 17.1, 3, 4. Psal. 119.1, 2, 3, 6. Job 1.8. and Chap. 2.3. Psal. 18.23. I was upright before him. Oh, but how do you know that? how do you prove that? how are you assured of that? Why by this, that I have kept my self from mine iniquity. Doubtless, there is as much of the power of God required, and as much strength of grace required, and as much of the presence and assistance of the Spirit required to work a man off from his bosom sins, from his darling sins, from his beloved sins, as there is required to work him off from all other sins; a conquest here, clearly speaks out uprightness of heart.
Seventhly, a godly man may argue thus. He over whom §7presumptious sins has not dominion, is upright (Psal. 19.13. keep back thy servant from presumptious sins, let them not have dominion over me; then shall I be upright.) But presumptious sins has not dominion over me, therefore I am upright. Mark, unfeigned willingness to part with every sin, and to mortifie every sin, is a sure sign of uprightness, a sure sign of saving grace; when a man is sincerely willing to leave every sin, and to indulge himself in none, no not his darling sin, it is a most certain sign of his integrity and sincerity, as you may evidently see, by comparing of these Scriptures together,