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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 what is that sorrow or mourning for sin, Qu. that is a part of true repentance? The resolution of this question is very necessary for the preventing of all soul-deceits and mistakes, and for the quieting, settling and satisfying of souls truly penitent; and therefore I shall give these eight following Answers to it.
But what is that sorrow or mourning for sin, Qu. that is a part of true repentance? The resolution of this question is very necessary for the preventing of all soul-deceits and mistakes, and for the quieting, setling and satisfying of souls truly penitent; and therefore I shall give these eight following Answers to it.
First, It is a sorrow or grief that is spiritual, that is supernatural; §1no man is born with godly sorrow in his heart, as he is born with a tongue in his mouth. Godly sorrow is a plant of God's own planting, 'tis a seed of his own sowing, 'tis a flower of his own setting, 'tis of a heavenly off-spring, 'tis from God, and God alone: The spirit of mourning is from above, 'tis from a supernatural power and principle; there is nothing that can turn a heart of stone into flesh, but the spirit of God, Ezek. 36.25, 26. Godly sorrow is a ⟨p. 220⟩gift from God, Job 23.16. God makes my heart soft. No hand but a divine hand can make the heart soft and tender under the sight and sense of sin. Nature may easily work a man to mourn, and melt, and weep, under worldly losses, crosses and miseries, as it did David's men, 1 Sam. 30.4. But it must be grace, it must be a supernatural principle that must work the heart to mourn for sin.