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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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if we sanctify the Sabbath, and not with delight, all is worth nothing, all will come to nothing. Mark, there are some circumstances accessary, some necessary, some wherein the being, and some wherein the well being of a duty doth consist; and if you abstract these from them, the duty is worth nothing; take away fervency and humility from prayer, take away faithfulness and fruitfulness from hearing, and take away willingness and delight from obedience, and all will be worth nothing. God regards not only the matter, but the manner. Criton the Papist could say, That God loved better Adverbs than Nouns, not to pray only, but to pray ⟨p. 142⟩well; Non bonum sed bene agere, Not to do good, but to do it well, is the great wisdom of a Christian; what is the Sun without light, or the fountain without water, or the body without the soul, or wood without fire, or a bullet without a gun, or a Ship without a rudder? no more are words in prayer, without the spirit of prayer. God looks more at the manner, than at the matter of your prayers. And let thus much suffice to confirm the first particular. But,
if we sanctifie the Sabbath, and not with delight, all is worth nothing, all will come to nothing. Mark, there are some circumstances accessary, some necessary, some wherein the being, and some wherein the well being of a duty doth consist; and if you abstract these from them, the duty is worth nothing; take away fervency and humility from prayer, take away faithfulness and fruitfulness from hearing, and take away willingness and delight from obedience, and all will be worth nothing. God regards not only the matter, but the manner. Criton the Papist could say, That God loved better Adverbs than Nouns, not to pray only, but to pray ⟨p. 142⟩well; Non bonum sed bene agere, Not to do good, but to do it well, is the great wisdom of a Christian; what is the Sun without light, or the fountain without water, or the body without the soul, or wood without fire, or a bullet without a gun, or a Ship without a rudder? no more are words in prayer, without the spirit of prayer. God looks more at the manner, than at the matter of your prayers. And let thus much suffice to confirm the first particular. But,