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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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the Application is easy. O Sirs! let no man deceive his own immortal soul; for 'tis most certain, that repentance to life hath all these lively companions attending of it. Sound repentance, and the companions of it, are born together, and will live and continue together till the penitent soul changes earth for heaven, grace for glory. And let thus much suffice for the first part of true repentance, &c.
the Application is easie. O Sirs! let no man deceive his own immortal soul; for 'tis most certain, that repentance to life hath all these lively companions attending of it. Sound repentance, and the companions of it, are born together, and will live and continue together till the penitent soul changes earth for heaven, grace for glory. And let thus much suffice for the first part of true repentance, &c.
The second part of true repentance lies in confession of sin, which flows out of a contrite heart; I mean, not a bare, formal, empty confession (such as is common amongst the worst of sinners, as that we are all sinners, and stand in need of a Saviour, God help us, God be merciful unto us, &c.) but of such a confession of sin as ariseth from a true sight and full sense of sin, and from the due apprehensions of a righteous Law that is transgressed, and a holy God that is provoked, &c. When tongue and heart goes together, when the tongue speaks out of the abundance of the heart, when the tongue is the faithful interpreter of the heart, freely, ingenuously and humbly acknowledging iniquity, transgression and sin; and the penitent judging himself worthy of death, of wrath, of hell, and unworthy of the least mercy and favour from God, &c.
The second part of true repentance lyes in confession of sin, which flows out of a contrite heart; I mean, not a bare, formal, empty confession (such as is common amongst the worst of sinners, as that we are all sinners, and stand in need of a Saviour, God help us, God be merciful unto us, &c.) but of such a confession of sin as ariseth from a true sight and full sense of sin, and from the due apprehensions of a righteous Law that is transgressed, and a holy God that is provoked, &c. When tongue and heart goes together, when the tongue speaks out of the abundance of the heart, when the tongue is the faithful interpreter of the heart, freely, ingenuously and humbly acknowledging iniquity, transgression and sin; and the penitent judging himself worthy of death, of wrath, of hell, and unworthy of the least mercy and favour from God, &c.