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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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Look, as we have some dirt, more or less, that will still cleave to our heels whilst we are in a dirty world; so there is some defilements and pollutions ⟨p. 189⟩that will still be cleaving to all our duties, services, ways and walkings in this world, which we may well call the iniquity of our heels. Now a gracious heart rises most against these, &c.
Look, as we have some dirt, more or less, that will still cleave to our heels whilst we are in a dirty world; so there is some defilements and pollutions ⟨p. 189⟩that will still be cleaving to all our duties, services, wayes and walkings in this world, which we may well call the iniquity of our heels. Now a gracious heart rises most against these, &c.
Thirteenthly, No man can truly love grace in another, but §13he that has true grace in his own soul.1 No man can love a Saint as a Saint, but he that is a real Saint; no man can love holiness in another, but he that has holiness in his own soul; no man can love a good man for goodness sake, but he that is really good; We know that we have passed from death to life, 2because we love the brethren. Sincere love to the brethren is a most evident sign of a Christians being already passed or translated from death to life; that is, from a state of nature into a state of grace; such a poor soul that dares not say that he has grace in his own heart, yet dares say before the Lord, that he loves, delights, and takes pleasure to see the holy graces of the Spirit sparkling and shining in the hearts, lives and lips of other Saints, secretly wishing in himself that his soul were but in their case; and that dares say before the Lord,