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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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O Sirs, that soul that dares not take his sanctification as an evidence (yea, as a choice and sure evidence) of his interest in Christ, and of the Lords precious love to him, according to the Promises of his favour and Grace (several of which hath been but now under consideration) that Soul ought to acknowledge it as his sin, yea as his great sin, for which he deserves to be smartly rebuked, as making God a loud Liar. O my friends, it is a spiritual peevishness, and ⟨p. 51⟩sinful crossness that keeps many good men and women long in a sad, dark, doubting, perplexed, and disconsolate condition; and certainly 'tis no small sin to set light by any work of the blessed Spirit, and the joy, comfort, and peace that we might have by it; ah how many are there that fear the Lord, who quench, grieve, vex, and provoke the holy Spirit, by denying his work, and by quarrelling against themselves, and the blessed work of the Spirit in them? Certainly 'tis the duty of every Christian to hear as well what can be said for him, as what can be said against him: Many poor,1 weak (and yet sincere) Chr stians are often apt to be too sour, rigid and bitter against their own souls, they love to practise a merciless severity against themselves; they do not indifferently, impartially consider how the case stands between God and their own souls. It is in this case, as Solomon speaks in another. There is that maketh himself rich,2 and yet hath nothing. And there is that maketh himself poor, and yet hath great Riches. That is, there be those in the world that pretend they are rich, and make a show before men as if they were men of great estates, whereas indeed they are exceeding poor and needy.
O Sirs, that soul that dares not take his sanctification as an evidence (yea, as a choice and sure evidence) of his interest in Christ, and of the Lords precious love to him, according to the Promises of his favour and Grace (several of which hath been but now under consideration) that Soul ought to acknowledg it as his sin, yea as his great sin, for which he deserves to be smartly rebuked, as making God a loud Lyar. O my friends, it is a spiritual peevishness, and ⟨p. 51⟩