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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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There are not a few that stretch their wing beyond their nest, that bear a port beyond their Estates, that trick up themselves with other mens plumes, laying it on above measure in clothes, in high entertainments, in stately Buildings, in great Attendance, &c. when not worth one groat in all the World, but either they dye in Prison, or lay the key under the door, or compound for twelve pence in the pound, &c. And there are others again that are exceeding rich and wealthy, and yet feign themselves, and look upon themselves to be very poor and needy. To apply this spiritually. 'Tis the damning sin of the self-flattering Hypocrite,1 to make himself rich, to make himself significant, to make his condition better than 'tis: And it is the vanity, the folly, of some sincere Christians, to make their condition worse than indeed it is, to make themselves more miserable and unhappy than indeed they are. Ah Christians, 'tis sad with you, t•s night with you, when you read over the evidences of ⟨p. 52⟩Gods love to your souls, as a man does a Book which he intends to confute. Is it not sad when Christians shall study hard to find evasions to wheel off all those comforts, refreshings, cheerings, and supports, that are tendered to them that are due to them, and that they may upon Gospel-grounds justly claim as their portion, as their inheritance. And O that all such Christians would seriously and frequently lay to heart these eight things.
There are not a few that stretch their wing beyond their nest, that bear a port beyond their Estates, that trick up themselves with other mens plumes, laying it on above measure in cloaths, in high entertainments, in stately Buildings, in great Attendance, &c. when not worth one groat in all the World, but either they dye in Prison, or lay the key under the door, or compound for twelve pence in the pound, &c. And there are others again that are exceeding rich and wealthy, and yet feign themselves, and look upon themselves to be very poor and needy. To apply this spiritually. 'Tis the damning sin of the self-flattering Hypocrite,1 to make himself rich, to make himself significant, to make his condition better than 'tis: And it is the vanity, the folly, of some sincere Christians, to make their condition worse than indeed it is, to make themselves more miserable and unhappy than indeed they are. Ah Christians, 'tis sad with you, ts night with you, when you read over the evidences of