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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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there is no wife to a gracious wife, no child to a gracious child, no friend to a gracious friend, no neighbour to a gracious neighbour, no Magistrate to a gracious Magistrate, no Minister to a gracious Minister, no Master to a gracious Master, nor no servant to a gracious servant; internal excellencies carries it with a gracious man, before all external glories. The Jews say, that those seventy souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, were as much worth as all the seventy Nations in the world: Doubtless, seventy gracious persons in the esteem and judgment of those that are gracious, are more worth than a whole world, yea than seventy worlds of graceless persons. Well Sirs, remember this; No man can truly prize, and highly value grace in another, but he that hath grace in his own heart. Some prize Christians for their wit, others prize them for their wealth; some prize them for their birth and breeding, others prize them for their beauty and worldly glory; some prize them for the great things that have been done by them, others prize them for the good things that they have received from them; some prize them for their Eagles eyes, others prize them for their silver tongues, and others prize them for their golden parts; but he that is truly gracious, he prizes them for the grace of God that is in them, he sets the highest value upon §3them for their holiness,1 &c. But,
- 1No unregenerate person hath a love to all the Saints; for though he seems to love some, yet he loathes others; he is guilty of sinful partiality, having the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ in respect of persons. They seem to love the rich, and despise the poor, James 2.No unregenerate person hath a love to all the Saints; for though he seems to love some, yet he loaths others; he is guilty of sinful partiality, having the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ in respect of persons. They seem to love the rich, and despise the poor, James 2.