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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, When sin commonly rises by opposition, then §7it reigns. Look, as grace, when it is in the Throne, it rises by opposition, 2 Sam. 6.22. I will yet be more vile. Mark 10.47,1 48. And many charged him that he should hold his peace, but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me; so when sin is in the Throne, it rises higher and higher by opposition. As the more water you cast upon Lime, the more fiercely it burns; so when sin is in its reign and dominion, it flames out the more by opposition; witness the Jews malice and envy against Christ, which when it received but a little easy gentle check by Pilate, 2they cried out so much the more, Crucify him, crucify him. A man that is under the reign and dominion of sin, is like the Rainbow; the Rainbow is never on that side of the world, that the Sun is, but wheresoever it appears, it is in opposition against the Sun; if the Sun be in the East, the Rainbow is in the West, &c. Where sin has the Throne, it will still rise higher and higher by opposition; reprove a swearer for swearing, and he will swear so much the more; yea many times he will swear, that he did not swear, when indeed he did; and so it holds in all other vices that the sinner is given up to. 'Tis said of Catiline, that he was a compound and bundle of warring ⟨p. 46⟩lusts and vices; the same may be said of all others, where sin is in dominion. But,
Seventhly, When sin commonly rises by opposition, then §7it reigns. Look, as grace, when it is in the Throne, it rises by opposition, 2 Sam. 6.22. I will yet be more vile.