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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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Dedication: To the Right Worshipful, Sir John Frederick Knight, and the Lady Mary Frederick his pio…
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, Because a public spirited man is a common good, a common blessing; all in the Family, all in the Court, all in the City, all in the Country, fare the better for that Christians sake that is of a public spirit. All in Laban's family did fare the better for Jacob's sake;1 and all in the City of Zoar did fare the better for Lot's sake, and all Pharaoh's Court, and the whole Country of Egypt did fare the better for Joseph's sake. Sodom was safe whilst Lot was in it; Elijah was a man of a public spirit, 2and he was the chariots and horsemen of Israel; Moses was a man of a public spirit, and he often diverted ruining judgments from falling upon Israel. 3Phinehas was a man of a public spirit, and he takes up his Censer and stands between the living and the dead, 4and the Plague was stayed. Men of public spirits are public mercies, public blessings; a man of a public spirit is ([Greek or Hebrew]) a public, diffusive blessing in the place where he lives; men of public spirits are the true Atlases both of Church and State, they are the Pillars on whom all do rest, the Props on whom all do lean; do but overturn these Pillars, and all will fall about ⟨image 7⟩your ears, as the house did about the Philistines when Sampson shook it; wrack but these, and Kingdoms, and Commonwealths shall be quickly wrecked themselves. When Metellus heard of the death of Scipio Africanus a man of a public spirit, he ran out into the Market-place and cried out, O Citizens, come forth and consult what is to be done, for the walls of your City are fallen down. But,
First, Because a publick spirited man is a common good, a common blessing; all in the Family, all in the Court, all in the City, all in the Countrey, fare the better for that Christians sake that is of a publick spirit. All in Laban's family did fare the better for Jacob's sake;1 and all in the City of Zoar did fare the better for Lot's sake, and all Pharoah's Court, and the whole Countrey of Egypt did fare the better for Joseph's sake. Sodom was safe whilst Lot was in it; Eliah was a man of a publick spirit,