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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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Seventhly, All (and if you please I shall give you many things in one) godly sorrow is the fruit and effect of Evangelical faith, it flows from faith as the stream from the fountain, the branch from the root, and the effect from the cause, Zech. 12.10. They shall look upon him whom they have pierced, and shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born. Look, as all legal sorrow flows from a legal faith, as you may see in Ahab's and the Ninevites, so all Evangelical sorrow flows from an Evangelical faith; They shall look ⟨p. 227⟩upon him whom they have pierced, and mourn. All gracious mourning flows from looking, from believing; nothing breaks the heart of a sinner like a look of faith; all tears of godly sorrow drop from the eye of faith; godly sorrow rises and falls, as faith rises and falls; faith and godly sorrow are like the fountain and the flood, which rise and fall together. The more a man is able by faith to look upon a pierced Christ, the more his heart will mourn over all the dishonours that he has done to Christ; the more deep and wide the wounds are that faith shows me in the heart and sides of Christ, the more my heart will be wounded for sinning against Christ.
Seventhly, All (and if you please I shall give you many things in one) godly sorrow is the fruit and effect of Evangelical faith, it flows from faith as the stream from the fountain, the branch from the root, and the effect from the cause, Zech. 12.10. They shall look upon him whom they have pierced, and shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born. Look, as all legal sorrow flows from a legal faith, as you may see in Ahab's and the Ninevites, so all Evangelical sorrow flows from an Evangelical faith; They shall look ⟨p. 227⟩upon him whom they have pierced, and mourn. All gracious mourning flows from looking, from believing; nothing breaks the heart of a sinner like a look of faith; all tears of godly sorrow drop from the eye of faith; godly sorrow rises and falls, as faith rises and falls; faith and godly sorrow are like the fountain and the floud, which rise and fall together. The more a man is able by faith to look upon a pierced Christ, the more his heart will mourn over all the dishonours that he has done to Christ; the more deep and wide the wounds are that faith shews me in the heart and sides of Christ, the more my heart will be wounded for sining against Christ.