A29686:502
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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Thirdly, If it had been but one, or two, or three, or five, §3or ten Saints that I had persecuted, the matter had not been much. O, but they were a great number; many of the Saints did I cast into prison. I have been a cruel ravening wolf, that have sucked the blood not of a few, but of many of the precious lambs of Christ; I have neither spared nor pitied any sex, but have broken into every house, haling and dragging both men and women to prison, Act. 8.3. As for Saul, he made havoc of the Church, entering into every house, and haling men and women, committed them to prison.
Thirdly, If it had been but one, or two, or three, or five, §3or ten Saints that I had persecuted, the matter had not been much. O, but they were a great number; many of the Saints did I cast into prison. I have been a cruel ravening wolf, that have suckt the bloud not of a few, but of many of the precious lambs of Christ; I have neither spared nor pitied any sex, but have broken into every house, haling and dragging both men and women to prison, Act. 8.3. As for Saul, he made havock of the Church, entring into every house, and haling men and women, committed them to prison.
Fourthly, Though he had cast them into prison, yet if he §4had given them but some liberty in a prison, as Joseph had,1 and as others have had, and as himself once had when he begot Onesimus in his bonds, Philemon v. 10. and when Onesiphorus oft refreshed him, and was not ashamed of his chain,