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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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Again, godly sorrow is not an enemy, but a friend to holy joy. I have read of a holy man, who lying upon his sick bed, and being asked which were his joyfullest days that ever he had, cried out, O give me my mourning days, give me my mourning days again, for they were the joyfullest days that ever I had. The higher the springs of godly sorrow rise, the higher the tides of holy joy rise; his graces will flourish most, who Evangelically mourns most. Grace always thrives best in that garden (that heart) that is watered most with the tears of godly sorrow. He that grieves most for sin, will rejoice most in God; and he that rejoices most in God, will grieve most for sin.
Again, godly sorrow is not an enemy, but a friend to holy joy. I have read of a holy man, who lying upon his sick bed, and being askt which were his joyfullest dayes that ever he had, cryed out, O give me my mourning dayes, give me my mourning dayes again, for they were the joyfullest dayes that ever I had. The higher the springs of godly sorrow rise, the higher the tydes of holy joy rise; his graces will flourish most, who Evangelically mourns most. Grace alwayes thrives best in that garden (that heart) that is watered most with the tears of godly sorrow. He that grieves most for sin, will rejoyce most in God; and he that rejoyces most in God, will grieve most for sin.
Again, the more a man apprehends of the love of God, and of the love of Christ; and the more a man tastes and is assured of the love of the Father, and of the love of the Son, the more that person will grieve and mourn, that he has offended, provoked and grieved such a Father, and such a Son. Remember this, as a man's assurance of peace and reconciliation with God rises, so his grief for sin rises; the more clear and certain evidences a man has of the love and favour of God to his soul, the more that man will grieve and mourn for sinning against such a God. There is nothing that thaws and melts the heart, that softens and breaks the heart, like the warm beams of divine love; as you may see in the ⟨p. 228⟩