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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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certainly such confessions will never reach the heart of God, that do not reach our own hearts; nor such confessions will never affect the heart of ⟨p. 240⟩God, that do not first affect our own hearts. Such as speak very ill of sin with their tongues, and yet secretly wish well to sin in their hearts, will be found at last, of all men the most miserablest. But,
certainly such confessions will never reach the heart of God, that do not reach our own hearts; nor such confessions will never affect the heart of ⟨p. 240⟩God, th•t do not first affect our own hearts. Such as speak very ill of sin with their tongues, and yet secretly wish well to sin in their hearts, will be found at last, of all men the most miserablest. But,
Fourthly, As penitential confession is sincere and cordial,1 so 'tis distinct and not confused. The true penitent has his particular and special bills of indictment, he knows his sins of omission, and his sins of commission; he remembers the sins that he hath most rejoiced and delighted in, he can't forget the sins that have had most of his eye, his ear, his head, his hand, his heart; the by-paths in which he has most walked, and the transgressions by which God has been most dishonoured, his conscience most wounded, and his corrupt nature most pleased & gratified,2 are always before him. An implicit confession is almost as bad as an implicit faith; wicked men commonly confess their sins by whole-sale, we are all sinners; but the true penitent confesses his sins by retail. Though it can't be denied but that in some cases a general confession may be penitent,