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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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And the first is drawn from the supremacy and sovereignty of God, who alone is to prescribe to man his duty; he is our great Lord and Master, he is our Lord and Law-giver, Isa. 33.22. For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Law-giver, the Lord is our King, James 4.12. There is one Law-giver, who is able to save and to destroy; who art thou that judgest another? Now by the Laws of this Lord and Law-giver, we must square all our actions. Look, as it would be very absurd in a servant to do that work which he thinks meet, and not what his Master ⟨p. 143⟩commands; so 'tis as absurd for men to think, that God will accept of this or that at their hands, when they can't plead his superscription and authority for what they do. God will one day say to such, Who hath required this at your hands? 1O Sirs! you must lay the command of God as a foundation for what you do, or else all your buildings, though never so glorious, will certainly totter and fall; in all you do, you must be able to say, Thus saith the Lord; or else after you have done your best, you may be undone for ever. But,
And the first is drawn from the supremacy and soveraignty of God, who alone is to prescribe to man his duty; he is our great Lord and Master, he is our Lord and Law-giver, Isa. 33.22. For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Law-giver, the Lord is our King, James 4.12. There is one Law-giver, who is able to save and to destroy; who art thou that judgest another? Now by the Laws of this Lord and Law-giver, we must square all our actions. Look, as it would be very absurd in a servant to do that work which he thinks meet, and not what his Master ⟨p. 143⟩commands; so 'tis as absurd for men to think, that God will accept of this or that at their hands, when they can't plead his superscription and authority for what they do. God will one day say to such, Who hath required this at your hands?