A29686:172
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, When men commonly take part with sin, when they take up arms in the defence of sin, and in defiance of the commands of God, the motions of the spirit, and the checks of conscience, then sin is in dominion; he that readily, resolvedly and habitually fights sins battles, is sins servant, and without all peradventure under the reign and dominion of sin. Look, as we groundedly conclude, that such men are under the reign and dominion of that King, that they readily, resolvedly and habitually take up arms to fight for; so when the inward faculties of the soul, and the outward members of the body, do readily resolve and habitually take up arms to fight for sin, then and there sin is in dominion, as you may plainly see by consulting the Scriptures in the margin;1 but where the soul readily, resolvedly and habitually strives against it, conflicts with it, and makes war against it, there 'tis not in dominion, there it reigns not, as you may see ⟨p. 45⟩by comparing the Scriptures in the margin together.2 That man that can truly appeal to God, and say, Lord, thou that knowest all hearts and things, thou knowest that there is nothing under the whole heavens that I am so desirous and ambitious of as this, that my sins may be subdued, that my strongest lusts may be mortified, and that those very corruptions that my nature, constitution and complexion is most inclined to, may be brought to an under. That man that can appeal to God, and say, O Lord, what ever becomes of me, I will never be reconciled to any known sin; yea, Lord, though I should perish for ever, yet I am resolved to fight against my sins for ever: Let God do what he will against me, I will do all I can against my sins, and to honour my God; that man is not under the reign and dominion of sin. But,
Sixthly, When men commonly take part with sin, when they take up arms in the defence of sin, and in defiance of the commands of God, the motions of the spirit, and the checks of conscience, then sin is in dominion; he that readily, resolvedly and habitually fights sins battels, is sins servant, and without all peradventure under the reign and dominion of sin. Look, as we groundedly conclude, that such men are under the reign and dominion of that King, that they readily, resolvedly and habitually take up arms to fight for; so when the inward faculties of the soul, and the outward members of the body, do readily resolve and habitually take up arms to fight for sin, then and there sin is in dominion, as you may plainly see by consulting the Scriptures in the margent;