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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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Secondly, Consider that if you cast up a true and faithful account, you will certainly find, that the comfort, the peace, the joy, the quiet, the rest, the satisfaction, the content that the generality of Saints do enjoy, is more from probabilities of Grace, than tis from any certainty or assurance that they have of Grace being in their Souls; tis more from probabilities of an interest in Christ, than from any assurance of an interest in Christ; tis more from probabilities of being saved, than tis from any special persuasions that they shall be saved; tis more from probabilities of going to Heaven, than tis from any raised fixed confidence that they shall go to Heaven; and therefore the people of God have very great cause to bow before the Lord, and to adore his Grace, and for ever to speak well of his name, for the very probabilities of Grace, and of an interest in Christ, and of being saved and glorified.
Secondly, Consider that if you cast up a true and faithful account, you will certainly find, that the comfort, the peace, the joy, the quiet, the rest, the satisfaction, the content that the generality of Saints do enjoy, is more from probabilities of Grace, than tis from any certainty or assurance that they have of Grace being in their Souls; tis more from probabilities of an interest in Christ, than from any assurance of an interest in Christ; tis more from probabilities of being saved, than tis from any special perswasions that they shall be saved; tis more from probabilities of going to Heaven, than tis from any raised fixed confidence that they shall go to Heaven; and therefore the people of God have very great cause to bow before the Lord, and to adore his Grace, and for ever to speak well of his name, for the very probabilities of Grace, and of an interest in Christ, and of being saved and glorified.
Thirdly, Consider that there have been very many under such dreadful horrors and terrors of Conscience, and under such wrath and displeasure of an angry God, and that have lain trembling upon their dying beds, and that have been even ready to be swallowed up in the gulf of despair, who would have given all the world (had it been in their power)