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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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Sixthly, They rob the Spirit of all the honour and glory that is due unto him for that blessed work of grace and holiness that he has formed up in their hearts; O what a grief and dishonour must it be to the holy Spirit, that when he hath put forth a power in mens hearts,1 equivalent to that by which the world was created, and by which Christ was raised from the dead, to find it overlooked, and not at all acknowledged. Spiritus sanctus est res delicata, the Holy Spirit is a very tender thing, but do these poor doubting Souls carry it tenderly to him, surely no. Dear Christians, the standing Law of Heaven is, Quench not the Spirit, 1 Thes. 5.19. Now if the word Spirit is not here taken essentially, for the three persons in Trinity, nor yet metonymically, for the fruits of the spirit, but Hypostatically, for the Third person in Trinity, (as some conceive) then you must remember that you may grieve and quench the Spirit, 1. Not only by your enormities, Isa. 63.10. 2. Nor only by refusing the Cordials and comforts that he brings to your doors; yea that he puts to your mouths, Psal. 77.2. 3. Nor only by slighting and despising his gracious actings in others, Acts 2.13. 4. Nor only by Fathering those sins and vanities upon him,2 that are only the B•ats and fruits of Satan and your own hearts. But also in the fifth place, by misjudging and miscalling the precious Grace that he has wrought in your Souls, as by judging and calling your Faith fancy, your sincerity hypocrisy, your W sdom folly, your light darkness, your zeal wild-fire, &c. Now O S•rs, will you make Conscience, yea much Conscience of Quenching the Spirit in the four first respects, and will you make no Conscience of Quenching the Spirit in this fifth and last respect? O how can this be! O why should this be? But,
Sixthly, They rob the Spirit of all the honour and glory that is due unto him for that blessed work of grace and holyness that he has formed up in their hearts; O what a grief and dishonour must it be to the holy Spirit, that when he hath put forth a power in mens hearts,