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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…
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Fifthly, Of all men on earth, there are none that have such a stock of prayers going for them as men of public spirits. Men of public spirits are not only most highly prized, and cordially loved, and greatly honoured, but they are also most upon the hearts of all sober and serious Christians, when they are in the Mount with God. The lives of such are most desirable, and the deaths of such will be most lamented, who make it their business to serve their generation. 1Men of public spirits shall never die as Jehoram did, undesired and unlamented. Men of public spirits lye most open to snares, temptations, and oppositions, &c. This all sober Christians well understand, and therefore they can't but pray hard for such: The names, the lives, the liberties, the estates, and all the concernments of men of public spirits always lye nearest their hearts, who lye nearest to the heart of Christ. Men of the greatest name, and of the greatest renown, and that have had the greatest stock of prayers going for them all the world over, have been men of public spirits. But,
Fifthly, Of all men on earth, there are none that have such a stock of prayers going for them as men of publick spirits. Men of publick spirits are not only most highly prized, and cordially loved, and greatly honoured, but they are also most upon the hearts of all sober and serious Christians, when they are in the Mount with God. The lives of such are most desirable, and the deaths of such will be most lamented, who make it their business to serve their generation. 1Men of publick spirits shall never die as Jehoram did, undesired and unlamented. Men of publick spirits lye most open to snares, temptations, and oppositions, &c. This all sober Christians well understand, and therefore they can't but pray hard for such: The names, the lives, the liberties, the estates, and all the concernments of men of publick spirits alwayes lye nearest their hearts, who lye neerest to the heart of Christ. Men of the greatest name, and of the greatest renown, and that have had the greatest stock of prayers going for them all the world over, have been men of publick spirits. But,