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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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But now a gracious soul, he loves the Saints at all times, his love to them is constant. But,
Fourteenthly, That soul that dares not say that he has grace, yet can truly say before the Lord, that he prizes the least dram of grace above ten thousand thousand worlds, certainly that soul has true grace in him. Doubtless there are none that can prize grace in their understandings and judgments above all the world,1 but such as are first taken out of the world by grace. There is no man on earth whose heart is void and empty of grace, but sets a higher value and price upon his lusts, or upon his relations, or upon his honours, or riches, or pleasures, or upon this or that worldly enjoyment, than he does upon grace, or the fountain of grace; yea, how many thousands are there that set a higher price or value upon a Hound, a Hawk, a Horse, a Harlot, a good Trade, a fair Estate, a rich inheritance, yea upon the very toys and trifles of this world, than they do upon God, or Christ, or grace? 'Twas never yet known in the world, that ever God sent such a man to hell, who prized grace above heaven it self, who had rather have grace and holiness without heaven, than heaven it self without grace and holiness.
Fourteenthly, That soul that dares not say that he has grace, yet can truly say before the Lord, that he prizes the least dram of grace above ten thousand thousand worlds, certainly that soul has true grace in him. Doubtless there are none that can prize grace in their understandings and judgments above all the world,1 but such as are first taken out of the world by grace. There is no man on earth whose heart is void and empty of grace, but sets a higher value and price upon his lusts, or upon his relations, or upon his honours, or riches, or pleasures, or upon this or that worldly enjoyment, than he does upon grace, or the fountain of grace; yea, how many thousands are there that set a higher price or value upon a Hound, a Hawk, a Horse, a Harlot, a good Trade, a fair Estate, a rich inheritance, yea upon the very toyes and trifles of this world, than they do upon God, or Christ, or grace? 'Twas never yet known in the world, that ever God sent such a man to hell, who prized grace above heaven it self, who had rather have grace and holiness without heaven, than heaven it self without grace and holiness.