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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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Chapter 1 › Maxim 17: The seventeenth Maxim or Consideration.
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First, That so long as a Christian doth not renounce his Covenant with God, so long as he doth not wilfully and wickedly break the bond of the Covenant, the substance of the Covenant is not yet broken, though some Articles of the Covenant may be violated, Psal. 89.30. to 35. 2 Sam. 23.5. (while Christ lies at the bottom of the Covenant, it cannot be utterly broken) As among men there be some trespasses against some particular clauses in Covenants, which though they be violated, yet the whole Covenant is not forfeited; tis so here, every jar, every miscarriage doth not break the Marriage-Covenant; no more doth every sin, every miscarriage break the Covenant between God and the Soul. B•t,
First, That so long as a Christian doth not renounce his Covenant with God, so long as he doth not wilfully and wickedly break the bond of the Covenant, the substance of the Covenant is not yet broken, though some Articles of the Covenant may be violated, Psal. 89.30. to 35. 2 Sam. 23.5. (while Christ lyes at the bottom of the Covenant, it cannot be utterly broken) As among men there be some trespasses against some particular clauses in Covenants, which though they be violated, yet the whole Covenant is not forfeited; tis so here, every jar, every miscarriage doth not break the Marriage-Covenant; no more doth every sin, every miscarriage break the Covenant between God and the Soul. B•t,
Secondly, Seriously consider that many weak Christians are much mistaken about the terms and condition of the Covenant of Grace, they think that the condition of the Covenant is perfect and unsinning, obedience, whereas tis only sincere obedience.