A29686:208
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, Though poor doubting staggering trembling §6Christians dare not say that God is their God, or that Christ is their Redeemer, or that the Spirit is their Comforter, yet they dare say, that if God and Christ and the Spirit, and grace and glory, and holiness and happiness were offered to them on the one hand, and all the honours pleasures profits delights and carnal contents of the World were offered them on the other hand, they had ten thousand times rather,1 they had infinitely rather choose God and Christ & the Spirit, & grace & holiness, & everlasting happiness than the contrary. Look as Rachel cried out Give me Water or I dye; So these poor hearts are still crying out, O Lord give me thy self, or I dye; Give me thy Christ, or I dye; Give me thy Spirit and Grace, or I dye; Give me pardon of sin, or I dye; Lift up the light of thy Countenance upon me, or I dye; Bring me under the bond of the Covenant, or I dye; O Lord let all these things be done, or I am undone, and that for ever; Lord let the men of this World take the World, and divide it among themselves, let me but enjoy thy self, thy Christ, thy love, and I shall say my Lot is fallen to me in a pleasant place, and verily I have a goodly heritage, Psal. 16.5, 6. But,
Sixthly, Though poor doubting staggering trembling §6Christians dare not say that God is their God, or that Christ is their Redeemer, or that the Spirit is their Comforter, yet they dare say, that if God and Christ and the Spirit, and grace and glory, and holiness and happiness were offered to them on the one hand, and all the honours pleasures profits delights and carnal contents of the World were offered them on the other hand, they had ten thousand times rather,1 they had infinitely rather choose God and Christ & the Spirit, & grace & holiness, & everlasting happiness than the contrary. Look as Rachel cryed out Give me Water or I dye; So these poor hearts are stil crying out, O Lord give me thy self, or I dye; Give me thy Christ, or I dye; Give me thy Spirit and Grace, or I dye; Give me pardon of sin, or I dye; Lift up the light of thy Countenance upon me, or I dye; Bring me under the bond of the Covenant, or I dye; O Lord let all these things be done, or I am undone, and that for ever; Lord let the men of this World take the World, and divide it among themselves, let me but enjoy thy self, thy Christ, thy love, and I shall say my Lot is fallen to me in a pleasant place, and verily I have a goodly heritage,