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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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Fourteenthly, A godly man may argue thus. Such as sin §14hath not a dominion over, are not under the Law, but under Grace, Rom. 6.14. But sin hath not a dominion over me, therefore I am not under the Law, but under grace. Sin may rebel in a Saint, but it shall never reign in a Saint. Look as those beasts, in that, Dan. 7.12. had their dominion taken away, though their lives were spared and prolonged for a season and a time; so when Christ and grace enters into the soul, they take away the dominion of sin, though they do for a time spare the life of sin. To prevent mistakes, premise with me briefly these few things. First,1 that in every regenerate man there are two men, an old man and a new man; or if you please, flesh and spirit. Secondly, The old man, the fleshly part, will incline the soul, and bias the soul, as well to sins against the Gospel, as to sins against the Law, and to great sins as well as to small sins, witness Noah's drunkenness, Lot's incest, Assur's oppression, David's murder and adultery, Solomon's idolatry, and Peters blasphemy. Thirdly, The old man, the fleshly part is as much in the will, as in any other part of the regenerate man; and therefore, when he falls into heinous sins, he may fall into them with consent, delight and willingness, so far as his will is unrenewed.2 Though a real Christian be changed in every part, yet 'tis but in part, ⟨p. 40⟩and imperfect. Fourthly, The old man, the fleshly part is in a regenerate mans members, as well as in his will, and therefore they may be exercised and employed in and about those sins they have consented unto. Fifthly, High sinnings do waste and wound the conscience of a regenerate man, and lay him open to the sore rebukes of God, and call for great repentance, and fresh and frequent applications of the blood of Christ. These things being premised, a Question may be propounded, viz.
Fourteenthly, A godly man may argue thus. Such as sin §14